The Dancer vs. The Adjudicator: Devadasi Resistance in the 19th-Century Court
This thesis investigates the dynamics between devadasi women and judges in the Anglo-Indian court in the Madras Presidency of 19th-century colonial India. The thesis focuses on how the devadasis navigated the colonial legal system and the strategies they utilized as well as the role of the judges�...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2017
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/987 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2031&context=scripps_theses |