Converting Women
Subtitle: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780195165074
First sentence: Colonial rule brought about enormous changes in Indian society.
Description: At the height of British colonialism, conversion to Christianity was a path to upward mobility for Indian low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. Kent examines these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations.