Men at Home: Imagining Liberation in Colonial and Postcolonial India

by Gyanendra Pandey

In Men at Home, Gyanendra Pandey offers a detailed exploration of men's comportment and conduct in the home and the implications of their ambiguous commitment to this critical part of their lives. The author draws on a wealth of archival materials--autobiographies, memoirs, fiction, and ethnographies--to situate Indian men firmly in the domestic world, underlining their dependence on the family and home. He investigates how men negotiate marriage,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478028157
• ISBN13: 9781478028154
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.