Evolution, race and public spheres in India : vernacular concepts and sciences (1860-1930) /: vernacular concepts and sciences (1860-1930). (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Luzia Savary.
• Authors: Savary, Luzia
• Contents: Introduction Part I From Beasts and Demons to Inferior Races? Civilization and the Shifting Ideas on Human Difference in the Hindi and Urdu Public Spheres Chapter 1 - The Civilized and the Uncivilized: Dividing the World in the Late Nineteenth Century Chapter 2 - Hindi Literati’s Savage Others? The "Showcasing of the Wild" and the Permanence of the Civilizing Mission Chapter 3 - "Struggle for Existence" and Eugenics: A Comparison Between Hindi and Urdu Chapter 4 - The Nature-Nurture Debate on Caste Part II Hindi and Urdu Advisory Literature on Reproduction: The Cases of Santati-Śāstra and kokaśāstra Chapter 5 - "Mental Force" or Selective Breeding? Comparing Two Para-Eugenic Rationalities Chapter 6 - "Selecting the Best Flowers from the World's Gardens of Knowledge": Vernacularization and Scientific Referencing Chapter 7 - Between "Artificial Contraceptives" and Brahmacārya . Ambivalent Attitudes To Birth Control in the Hindi Public Sphere Conclusion
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305.800954; Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Race relations -- History -- 20th century; India -- Colonial influence; India -- Race relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351010061; 9781351010078; 9781351010054; 9781351010085
• Related ISBNs: 9781138541849
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