{"product_id":"9781350637955","title":"Women, Land and Moral Justice in Late Colonial India Peasant Voices from the Himalayas","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical Perspectives in South Asian History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWomen, Land and Moral Justice in Late Colonial India\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePeasant Voices from the Himalayas\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRashmi Pant | Janaki Nair | Mrinalini Sinha | Shabnum Tejani\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Asia \/ South \/ India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book, set in Kumaon and Garhwal in late colonial India, reconstructs the moral world of peasant women who transmitted ancestral property in defiance of a legal regime that only recognised patrilineal inheritance\u003c\/b\u003e. Appealing to the concept of \u003ci\u003eparvarish\u003c\/i\u003e ('providing for') in Hindu law, these women invoked a moral economy and norms of obligation, reciprocity and loyalty to reconfigure their household structure and ensure care and labour in exchange for property from the late 19th century onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing that this historical practice clearly demonstrates non-elite women's agency during this period, the book taps into hitherto untapped regional archival material such as gift deeds, community-brokered agreements and litigant depositions to highlight the importance of familial obligations in peasant culture. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eWomen, Land and Moral Justice in Late Colonial India\u003c\/i\u003e brings together colonial, gender and legal histories to provide a story of women creating a third way, one that allowed them to reject patriarchal norms in practice, defy colonial law and reclaim control of their households.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRashmi Pant \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of History at the Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, India.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350637955\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331931963532,"sku":"9781350637955","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350637955","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}