Ratanbai A High-Caste Child-Wife |
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Author:
| Nikambe, Shevantibai M. |
Editor:
| Lokugé, Chandani |
Series title: | Oxford Illustrated Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-566311-2 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Ratanbai is the story of a Marathi Brahmin adolescent girl's direct confrontation of the East-West encounter in her own home. This is a social and historical novel that gives an insight into the domestic routine and distinctive familial and socio-religious customs of the Marathi Brahmin women of Bombay in the late 19th century.
Ratanbai is the story of a Marathi Brahmin adolescent girl's direct confrontation of the East-West encounter in her own home. This is a social and historical novel that gives an insight into the domestic routine and distinctive familial and socio-religious customs of the Marathi Brahmin women of Bombay in the late 19th century.