Gender and Violence in British India
Author | : R. McLain |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2014-08-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137448545 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137448547 |
Rating | : 4/5 (547 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gender and Violence in British India by : R. McLain
Download or read book Gender and Violence in British India written by R. McLain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In British India, the years during and following World War I saw imperial unity deteriorate into a bitter dispute over "native" effeminacy and India's postwar fitness for self-rule. This study demonstrates that increasingly ferocious dispute culminated in the actual physical violence of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919.