Concubinage, Race and Law in Early Colonial Bengal: Bequeathing Intimacy, Servicing the Empire

ISBN-13: 9781032322827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 220 str.

Ruchika Sharma

Opis

This book analyses the domestic relations which British men came to establish with native Indian women in early colonial Bengal. It provides a fresh look into the history of imperial expansion and colonial encounters by studying the large number of wills left by British men who came in an official or economic capacity to India.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Reading Wills, Retrieving Native Woman, 2. Beyond The Purdah – ‘Constructing’ The Native Woman, 3. Forging Intimacies, 4. Legality – Property, violence, and discord, 5. Interracial Progeny, 6. Concluding Remarks