Contested childhoods: caste and education in colonial Kerala

Contested Childhoods traces a complex history of caste, race, education, and Christian missions in colonial south India. It draws upon the vast Protestant Christian missionary archives of the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Societ...

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Main Author: Kannan, Divya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
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Summary:Contested Childhoods traces a complex history of caste, race, education, and Christian missions in colonial south India. It draws upon the vast Protestant Christian missionary archives of the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society to showcase the processes of negotiation, tensions, and underlying violence in the encounters between European 'outsiders' and local populations on the question of education. It examines the interplay of caste and education in reshaping ideas and norms of modern childhood and lower-caste community building in the regions of Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar. Set against a comparative historical perspective, the book argues for a greater focus on subaltern histories, especially the meanings and practices associated with educating poor, lower-caste children within the confines of formal schooling and beyond
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 322 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009343350
DOI:10.1017/9781009343350

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