LEADER 04762nam 2200745 450 001 9910825135003321 005 20230803195427.0 010 $a0-8047-9090-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804790901 035 $a(CKB)2670000000545069 035 $a(EBL)1656996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132630 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12532618 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132630 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11154369 035 $a(PQKB)11419814 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000886873 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1656996 035 $a(DE-B1597)564536 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804790901 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1656996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10852490 035 $a(OCoLC)875097688 035 $a(OCoLC)1178768804 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000545069 100 $a20140407h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNation and family $epersonal law, cultural pluralism, and gendered citizenship in India /$fNarendra Subramanian 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (398 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-8878-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tTABLES AND FIGURES --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tChapter 1. INDIAN PERSONAL LAW --$tChapter 2. NATIONALISM, RECOGNITION, AND FAMILY FORMATION --$tChapter 3. OFFICIAL NATIONALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND MAJORITARIAN CITIZEN MAKING --$tChapter 4. RECASTING THE NORMATIVE NATIONAL FAMILY --$tChapter 5. MINORITY ACCOMMODATION, CULTURAL MOBILIZATION, AND LEGAL PRACTICE --$tChapter 6. NATIONALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND PERSONAL LAW --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX 330 $aThe distinct personal laws that govern the major religious groups are a major aspect of Indian multiculturalism and secularism, and support specific gendered rights in family life. Nation and Family is the most comprehensive study to date of the public discourses, processes of social mobilization, legislation and case law that formed India's three major personal law systems, which govern Hindus, Muslims, and Christians. It for the first time systematically compares Indian experiences to those in a wide range of other countries that inherited personal laws specific to religious group, sect, or ethnic group. The book shows why India's postcolonial policy-makers changed the personal laws they inherited less than the rulers of Turkey and Tunisia, but far more than those of Algeria, Syria and Lebanon, and increased women's rights for the most part, contrary to the trend in Pakistan, Iran, Sudan and Nigeria since the 1970's. Subramanian demonstrates that discourses of community and features of state-society relations shape the course of personal law. Ruling elites' discourses about the nation, its cultural groups and its traditions interact with the state-society relations that regimes inherit and the projects of regimes to change their relations with society. These interactions influence the pattern of multiculturalism, the place of religion in public policy and public life, and the forms of regulation of family life. The book shows how the greater engagement of political elites with initiatives among the Hindu majority and the predominant place they gave Hindu motifs in discourses about the nation shaped Indian multiculturalism and secularism, contrary to current understandings. In exploring the significant role of communitarian discourses in shaping state-society relations and public policy, it takes "state-in-society" approaches to comparative politics, political sociology, and legal studies in new directions. 606 $aDomestic relations$zIndia 606 $aFamilies$xPolitical aspects$zIndia 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zIndia 606 $aReligious minorities$xLegal status, laws, etc$zIndia 606 $aLaw reform$zIndia$xHistory 606 $aCulture and law$zIndia 606 $aMulticulturalism$zIndia 606 $aNationalism$zIndia 615 0$aDomestic relations 615 0$aFamilies$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aReligious minorities$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aLaw reform$xHistory. 615 0$aCulture and law 615 0$aMulticulturalism 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a346.5401/5 700 $aSubramanian$b Narendra$01703903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825135003321 996 $aNation and family$94089481 997 $aUNINA