“Surplus Woman”: Female Sexuality and the Concept of Endogamy

This essay traces the colonial origins of the concept of endogamy and its history as a foundational idea in the modern study of society in South Asia. The history of the concept of endogamy reveals how the control of female sexuality shaped the overlapping fields of Indology and ethnology. The inven...

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Vydáno v:	The Journal of Asian studies Ročník 80; číslo 1; s. 3 - 26
Hlavní autor:	Mitra, Durba
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2021 Duke University Press, NC & IL
Témata:	19th century 20th century Administrators Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (1891-1956) Caste Colonialism Deployment Endogamy Ethnology Females Feminism Ferguson, John Kinship Knowledge Marriage Modern society Patriarchy Said, Edward Sexuality Social life & customs Social sciences Social theories Society Violence Women India South Asia colonialism Indology gender sexuality caste social theory ethnology endogamy South Asia violence
ISSN:	0021-9118, 1752-0401
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Shrnutí:	This essay traces the colonial origins of the concept of endogamy and its history as a foundational idea in the modern study of society in South Asia. The history of the concept of endogamy reveals how the control of female sexuality shaped the overlapping fields of Indology and ethnology. The invention and deployment of endogamy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is discussed in the writings of key colonial writers and British administrators, such as J. F. McLennan and H. H. Risley, and Indian intellectuals, including S. V. Ketkar and B. R. Ambedkar. It argues that the modern study of caste naturalized the control of female sexuality through the uncritical use of the concept of endogamy, which Ambedkar diagnosed as the irresolvable problem of the “Surplus Woman” in 1917. The essay reflects on the long life of endogamy and the enduring problem of nonconjugal sexuality in modern social theories of South Asia.
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ISSN:	0021-9118 1752-0401
DOI:	10.1017/S0021911820003666