Wives, widows, and concubines the conjugal family ideal in colonial India - Sreenivas, Mytheli (Indiana Univ. Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-161) and index
Introduction: Situating families -- Colonizing the family : kinship, household, and state -- Conjugality and capital : defining women's rights to family property -- Nationalizing marriage : Indian and Dravidian politics of conjugality -- Marrying for love : emotion and desire in women's print culture -- Conclusion: Families and history