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@article{ART002723150},
author={Lee, Ji Eun},
title={Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2021},
volume={78},
number={2},
pages={123-157},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Ji Eun
TI - Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2021
VL - 78
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 123
EP - 157
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This paper examines the Indian women’s problems in traditional Hindu society and the vision of the legal status of women in independent India perceived by a lower-caste-male reformer. The review of writings of Ambedkar, the Hindu Code Bill, and his speeches at legislatures inform us of his pioneering insight on the origin of women’s problems in India. He exposed that the caste system, combined with patriarchy, is responsible for the oppression of women as well as the lower castes. Women in traditional Hindu society have suffered subordination to men, lack of education, and religious incapacity based on Hindu shastras. Introduced by Ambedkar, Hindu Code Bill aimed to grant women the new position of an equal individual citizen. In view of the present feminist discourse of Brahmanical patriarchy (i.e., a structure of female oppression and subordination), it is critical to reinterpret and revaluate Ambedkar’s analysis on the Indian caste system and his criticism on Hinduism.
KW - Brahmanical Patriarchy;Caste;Hinduism;Hindu Code Bill;Ambedkar;Indian Woman;Social Reform
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123
ER -

Lee, Ji Eun. (2021). Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 78(2), 123-157.

Lee, Ji Eun. 2021, "Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.78, no.2 pp.123-157. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun "Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78.2 pp.123-157 (2021) : 123.

Lee, Ji Eun. Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India. 2021; 78(2), 123-157. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun. "Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78, no.2 (2021) : 123-157.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun. Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 78(2), 123-157. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun. Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2021; 78(2) 123-157. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun. Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India. 2021; 78(2), 123-157. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123

Lee, Ji Eun. "Brahmanical Patriarchy and Caste: Gender Perceptions of a Lower-Caste-Male Reformer in Colonial India" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78, no.2 (2021) : 123-157.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.2.202105.123