Converting women: gender and Protestant Christianity in colonial South India
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 conve...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India (Süd)
/ Woman
/ Christianity
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ History 1850-1947
B Tamil Nadu / Woman / Christianity / Conversion (Religion) / History 1850-1947 |
| Further subjects: | B
Protestant women
India, South
History
B Christian converts from Hinduism India, South History B Women, Tamil Religious life India, South History B Protestant converts India, South History |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0199835179 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/0195165071.001.0001 |