Contested Childhoods : Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala / Divya Kannan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kannan, Divya, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--India--Kerala--History--Sources.

Missions.

Dalits--India--Kerala--History--Sources.

Dalits.

Children with social disabilities--Education--India--Kerala--History--Sources.

Children with social disabilities.

Christian education of children with social disabilities--India--Kerala--History--Sources.

Christian education of children with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Contested Childhoods traces a complex history of caste, race, education, and Christian missions in colonial south India. It draws upon the vast Protestant Christian missionary archives of the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society to showcase the processes of negotiation, tensions, and underlying violence in the encounters between European 'outsiders' and local populations on the question of education. It examines the interplay of caste and education in reshaping ideas and norms of modern childhood and lower-caste community building in the regions of Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar. Set against a comparative historical perspective, the book argues for a greater focus on subaltern histories, especially on the meanings and practices associated with educating poor, lower-caste children within the confines of formal schooling and beyond"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009639934

1009639935

9781009343350

1009343351