Behind the Veil: Resistance, Women and the Everyday in Colonial South Asia Book

1 Introduction Anindita Ghosh Ghosh, Anindita 1

2 From the Symbolic to the Open: Women's Resistance in Colonial Maharashtra Padma Anagol Anagol, Padma 21

3 Small Acts of Rebellion: Women Tell their Photographs Geraldine Forbes Forbes, Geraldine 58

4 Wicked Widows: Law and Faith in Nineteenth-century Public Sphere Debates Tanika Sarkar Sarkar, Tanika 83

5 Subtle Subversions and Presumptuous Interventions: Reforming Women's Health in Bhopal State in the Early Twentieth Century Siobhan Lambert-Hurley Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan 116

6 Gender, Subalternity, and Silence: Recovering Convict Women's Experiences from Histories of Transportation, c. 1780-1857 Clare Anderson Anderson, Clare 139

7 The Litigious Widow: Inheritance Disputes in Colonial North India, 1875-1911 Nita Verma Prasad Prasad, Nita Verma 161

8 A World of their Very Own: Religion, Pain, and Subversion in Bengali Homes in the Nineteenth Century Anindita Ghosh Ghosh, Anindita 191

Index 223