Converting women : gender and Protestant Christianity in colonial South India / Eliza F. Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Eliza F., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian converts from Hinduism--India, South--History.

Christian converts from Hinduism.

Women, Tamil--Religious life--India, South--History.

Women, Tamil.

Protestant converts--India, South--History.

Protestant converts.

Protestant women--India, South--History.

Protestant women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the height of British colonialism, conversion to Christianity was a path to upward mobility for Indian low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. Kent examines these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; PART I: Caste, Christianity, and Conversion; Introduction: Gender and Conversion in Colonial India; 1. Into the Fold: Protestant Christian Communities in South India; 2. Colonial Knowledge and the Creation of Respectable Castes; 3. Women's Missionary Societies; PART II: The Conversion of Gender; 4. Motherhood and the Home: Indian Christian Domesticity; 5. Civilization and Sexuality: Indian Christian Marriage; 6. Gold and Cholis: Indian Christian Sartorial Style; Conclusion: Indian Christianity and Conversion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-302) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-029004-8

0-19-803695-7

1-280-55897-0

1-4237-5825-0

9786610558971

OCLC:

922952952