Behind the Mask: The Cultural Definition of the Legal Subject in Colonial Bengal, 1775-1911The book explores the complex interlinkages between the formulation of middle class identity, colonial legal discourse and calss antagonism between late eighteenth and early twentieth century in Bengal. |
Contents
THE CREATION OF CATEGORIES AND SPACES | 20 |
Patriarchal State Falling into Place 55 The Site of Womens | 60 |
THE MAKING OF THE MASK 185490 | 129 |
Copyright | |
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AJRB Ananda Bazar Patrika antahpur authority Bankimchandra Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay Basu Bedyas behaviour Bengal bhadra bhadralok BNNR Brahmin British rule Burdwan Calcutta Chattopadhyay chhotolok colonial administration colonial discourse colonial government colonial legal colonial rule convicts courts and jails crime criminal courts Criminal Tribes cultural dacoits darogah Darpan David Arnold district educated middle classes English ethical European Ghosh Girish Girishchandra government's Hindoo Patriot Hindu Ibid identity imprisonment Indian indigenous elite Joykrishna justice Kayasths Kumar labour law and order legal and penal legal subject lower castes Magistrate Mahua middle classes Midnapur moral Muchiram murder Muslim Nadia native nineteenth century non-criminal official Oxford University Press Partha Chatterjee penal institutions police political position Prakash prisoners public sphere punishment Rajnarayan Basu rule of law rulers ryots Santhal Santhal rebellion Saratchandra Secretary to GOB sentence sepoys Sessions Judge social theft thief thieves traditional trial Vidyasagar village WBSA Western women zamindars ΝΑΙ