Krishnamurti's case : child guardianship and sexuality in colonial India

• Main Author: Tan, Fidellithy
• Other Authors: Jessica Bridgette Hinchy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Humanities::History::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147256
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis examines the 1912 Besant v. Narayaniah case as a microhistory of colonial anxieties over perceived sexual deviance, race relations and class in India. Prior to becoming active in politics in 1913, the prominent Theosophist Annie Besant was involved in a lawsuit brought against her by Jid...