{"product_id":"sex-and-the-family-in-colonial-india-eight-indian-lives-9780521673792","title":"Sex and the Family in Colonial India: Eight Indian Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the early years of the British empire, cohabitation between Indian women and British men was commonplace and to some degree tolerated. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, as Durba Ghosh argues in a challenge to the existing historiography, anxieties about social status, appropriate sexuality, and the question of who could be counted as 'British' or 'Indian' were constant concerns of the colonial government even at this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy following the stories of a number of mixed-race families, at all levels of the social scale, from high-ranking officials and noblewomen to rank-and-file soldiers and camp followers, and also the activities of indigenous female concubines, mistresses, and wives, the author offers a fascinating account of how gender, class, and race affected the cultural, social and even political mores of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book makes an original and signal contribution to scholarship on colonialism, gender, and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Durba Ghosh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521673792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2008 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosh, Durba:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Durba Ghosh is Assistant Professor in History at Cornell University. She has co-edited, with Dane Kennedy, Decentering Empire: Britain, India and the Transcolonial World (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40036248649843,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_41834e15-002d-41bf-86fb-8fd496ada217.jpg?v=1650929080","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sex-and-the-family-in-colonial-india-eight-indian-lives-9780521673792","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}