Synopsis
The book studies the interplay of gender, caste, and religious identities in colonial Punjab. It focuses on the middle-class and how it brings into play gender and caste norms to counter the erosion of its economic advatages, and the subservience of its social and religious institutions under colonialism.
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Anshu Malhotra's book is indeed a pioneering intervention in the social history of Pubjab ... the author has offered us a fresh perspective to understand Punjabi society. (The Book Review South Asia Special, New Delhi)
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This text studies the interplay of gender, caste, and religious identities in colonial Punjab, focusing on the middle class. It shows how gender and caste norms were used to counter the erosion of economic advantages, and the subservience of its institutions under colonialism.
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Gender, Caste, and Religious Identities: Restructuring Class in Colonial Punjab
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Oxford University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0195656482
ISBN 13: 9780195656480
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Hardcover
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Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust-jacket. No notes or highlights. Some minor creasing to edges of dj. Pages are clean and binding sound. Used - Very Good. Seller Inventory # 290-a - 00049