Women, Violence, Sovereignty: “Rakshasa” Marriage by Capture in Modern Indian Political Thought
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DOI: 10.1017/s1479244321000391
Abstract: Nineteenth-century colonial jurists, sociologists, and Indian nationalists revived the ancient Indian legal concept of rakshasa marriage by bride capture after vanquishing her kinsmen, which the Hindu “lawgiver” Manu condemned but permitted to the warrior caste… read more here.
Keywords: violence; capture; sovereignty; rakshasa marriage ... See more keywords