Converting Women Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India

Name: Converting Women Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India
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ISBN: 9780195165074

ISBN-10: 0195165071

ISBN-13: 9780195165074

Edition: 2004

Authors: Eliza F. Kent

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With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. In this book, Eliza F. Kent takes a fresh look at these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in whichconversion transformed gender roles and expectations. Kent argues that the creation of a new, "respectable" community identity was central to the conversion process for the agricultural laborers and artisans who…

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List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.464
Language: English



Converting Women


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations



Caste, Christianity, and Conversion


Introduction Gender and Conversion in Colonial India



Into the Fold: Protestant Christian Communities in South India



Colonial Knowledge and the Creation of Respectable Castes



Women's Missionary Societies



The Conversion of Gender



Motherhood and the Home: Indian Christian Domesticity



Civilization and Sexuality: Indian Christian Marriage



Gold and Cholis: Indian Christian Sartorial Style


Conclusion: Indian Christianity and Conversion


Notes


Bibliography


Index