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- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- 1. Introduction
- Historical Backdrop: A Brief Account
- a. Traditional period
- b. Portuguese Period
- c. British Period
- Review of Literature
- The objectives
- Methodology
- Theoretical Framework
- CHAPTER LAYOUT
- 2. Women in Traditional Social Space
- Part A. Social space - Early centuries (up to 800 AD Before Brahminisation)
- Religious Practices of the Syrian Christians
- Social space of the Syrian Christians
- Disposition of women
- Part B. Evolution of Social space from 800 to 1500 A.D.
- Emerging Social space revealed through various charters
- Revenue system in Manigramam
- Social space of Syrian Christians
- Evolution of the caste system
- Religious space of Syrian Christians
- Disposition of Women
- Disposition of Syrian Christian women
- CONCLUSION
- 3. Women in Portuguese Period (1498-1663)
- Introduction
- Social space
- Political space
- Social Space of the Syrian Christians
- Geographical distribution
- Disposition
- Social position
- Religious practices
- Interaction of the Portuguese and the Local Christians
- Impact of Portuguese intervention on the religious and social space
- Conditions of Syrian Christians at the close of Portuguese connection
- Puthencure Syrians or Jacobite Syrians
- Position of Syrian Christian women, at the time of Portuguese arrival
- Disposition of Syrian Christian women
- Place of women in religious practices
- Marriage practices
- Measures taken at the Udayamperoor synod to improve the position of women
- CONCLUSION
- 4. Social Space in the Nineteenth Century
- Political space at the time of British arrival
- Changes in the Social Space in the nineteenth century
- Disposition of the Syrian Christians
- Religious space
- Interaction with British and the development of modern institutions
- Changes in the Political space
- Interaction of the Syrian Christians and the British
- Education as a Means of Social Change
- Parochial schools
- The Grammar School
- Church Missionary Society Schools
- The College
- The Cambridge Nicholson Institution
- Schools for technical education
- Government schools
- Impact of British intervention and education on the social space of the region
- CONCLUSION
- 5. Social Space of Women in Travancore in Nineteenth Century
- Religious space as social space
- Educational practices before the arrival of Anglican missionaries
- Education-a breakthrough in the traditional practices and the creationof a new habitus
- Initial stages of female education - early decades of nineteenth century
- Advancement of female education in the second half of nineteenth century
- Advancement of female education in the state and of other communities in the second half of nineteenth century
- Progress of female education in the state
- Training of teachers
- Curriculum
- Effect of modern Education on the overall position of Syrian Christian women
- CONCLUSION
- 6. Part A Socio Political Development of Travancore in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- Introduction
- Changes in the caste space
- Constitutional development and the struggle for responsible government-Civil Society formation
- Organizations that helped the formation of civil society Political movements
- Labour movements
- Non- Political Youth movements
- CONCLUSION
- Part- B Social space of women in the First Half of Twentieth Century
- Introduction
- Development of female education in the first half of twentyth century
- The advancement of teachers training in the state
- Role of Buchanan Institution in facilitating a public space for women
- Women in Medical Services
- Changing patterns of Family
- Traditional patterns
- Changes in the Domestic space
- Religious space of women
- Religion and family
- Divorce and Syrian Christian womern
- Women and Reformation
- The role of Womens organizations in the individuation process
- Social Practices that uphold the Institution of the family / patriarchal structure
- Marriage practices
- Arranged marriages
- Widow marriages
- Marriage practices based on religion
- The practice of Dowry and women
- Canon Law and women
- Political space
- Women and freedom movement
- Disposition of women
- CONCLUSION
- 7. Social Space of Women, Second Half of Twentieth Century
- Gender discrimination and women of Kerala
- Disposition of Syrian Christian women
- Practices that help to endorse Patriarchal structure (male domination)
- Social practices
- Marriage practices
- Religious practices
- The practice of dowry and economic sub ordination of women
- Legislation and Syrian Christian women
- Indian Christian Marriage Bill
- Christian personal law
- Rules and regulations of Succession of Christians in Travancore
- Political space
- Disposition of women
- The social relation of domination
- Division of labour and women
- CONCLUSION
- 8. Summary and Conclusion
- Major findings
- Tables
- APPENDIX
- BIBILIOGRAPHY