Social Reform, Law,Gendered Identity among an OppressedCaste, the Ezhavas in Travancore1
Keywords:
Ezhava women, Ezhava, social reform, Travancore.
Abstract
The law was not the sole site of construction of a gendered identity for Ezhava women, it nevertheless provided the contours within which varied contests emerged within the Ezhava social reform movement in Travancore.
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And Social Concerns (CESC), Ahmedabad.
3. Robin Jerey, Politics, Women and Well Being, Oxford University
Press: Bombay, 1993. 9.
4. Rekha Mehra and K. Saradamoni, Women And Rural
Transformation, ICSSR-CWDS: Delhi, 1983. 38.
5. G. Arunima, ‘Multiple Meanings: Changing Conceptions of
matrilineal Kinship in 19th and 20th Century Malabar,’ The Indian
Economic And Social History Review, 33,3, 1996.
6. Meera Velayudhan, Role and Participation of Women in Popular
Movements in Kerala, Ph. D thesis, (Unpublished), Dept. of History,
Jamia Millia Islamia: Delhi, 1993.
7. Tharamangalam: The Penetration of Capitalism and Agrarian
Change in Southwest India, 1901 to 1941: A Preliminary Analysis.
Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scolars, vol 16, 1984.
8. Thomas Isaac, The Emergence of Radical Working Class Movement
in Alleppey, CDS Working Paper No. 175, Trivandrum, 1983.
9. Schneider, David M. and Kathleen Gough (eds., 1962) Matrilineal
Kinship, University of California press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, 405-6.
10. Ezhava Law Committee, Report of the Ezhava Law Committee,
with Draft Bill & Appendices, 1919.
11. Special Appeal No. 322 of 1089, cited in Regulations and
Proclamations of Travancore, vol.V, pp.775-76, Regulation 111 of
1100.
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13. Ezhava Law Committee, 1919.
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Quilon, 124.
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1904 and K. George, Kumaran Asan, Sahitya Academy: Delhi,
1972.
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20. Robin Jerey, Politics, Women and Well Being, Oxford University
Press, 51. 1993.
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25. C. Kesavan:Jivitasamaram (Malayalam), National Book Stall,
40-41, 1968.
Published
2019-12-11
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മീര വേലായുധന്. (2019). Social Reform, Law,Gendered Identity among an OppressedCaste, the Ezhavas in Travancore1. മലയാളപ്പച്ച, 5(5), 32 - 44. Retrieved from https://mrjc.in/index.php/malayalapachcha/article/view/84
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