Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagars 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. Vidyasagar published this work fifteen years after passage of the Hindu...Lasīt vairāk
Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagars 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. Vidyasagar published this work fifteen years after passage of the Hindu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Nov-2011, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231526609)
Before the passage of the Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husbands death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo...Lasīt vairāk
