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Download (2761Kb) A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of Warwick Permanent WRAP URL: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/110543 Copyright and reuse: This thesis is made available online and is protected by original copyright. Please scroll down to view the document itself. Please refer to the repository record for this item for information to help you to cite it. Our policy information is available from the repository home page. For more information, please contact the WRAP Team at: [email protected] warwick.ac.uk/lib-publications The Body Language of Caste: Marathi Sexual Modernity (1920–1950) by Shrikant Botre A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History University of Warwick, Department of History September 2017 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................... iv Declaration and Inclusion of Material from a Prior Thesis .............................. vi Summary .............................................................................................................. vii Abbreviations ..................................................................................................... viii Introduction: Writing Caste-Sexual Modernity .................................................. 1 GOVERNMENTALITY AND CASTE ......................................................................... 3 PERIPHERAL SEXUALITY ...................................................................................... 7 CASTE ON THE MARGINS ................................................................................... 14 CASTE, SEXUALITY, AND COLONIAL HISTORIES OF MEDICINE .......................... 20 DISSERTATION PREVIEW .................................................................................... 23 Chapter 1. Modern Maharashtra: The Crisis of Brahminical Reform ........... 25 I. THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC MARATHI MODERN ................................................... 27 II. COLONIAL MARATHI REFORMISM: THE LANGUAGE OF BRAHMIN GOVERNMENTALITY .......................................................................................... 37 III. THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY CRISIS OF REFORM ............................................ 46 CONCLUSION: THE BRAHMINICAL CRISIS .......................................................... 80 Chapter 2. Publishing Marathi Sex Reforms..................................................... 82 I. SITUATING MARATHI SEX TALK ..................................................................... 83 II. A CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY OF MARATHI SEX PUBLISHING ............................. 92 III. CASTE, GENDER, AND THE SCRIPTING OF SEXUALITY ................................ 109 IV. THE POLITICS OF SEXUAL-SCIENCE PRODUCTION ..................................... 115 Chapter 3. Brahmacharya: The Sexual Anatomy of Caste ............................ 127 I. THE COLONIAL ‘INDIAN’ BRAHMACHARYA.................................................. 129 II. MAKING MODERN MARATHI BRAHMACHARYA: LANGUAGE, TEXT, AND PRACTICE ......................................................................................................... 136 III. ARGUMENTATIVE BRAHMACHARYAS ........................................................ 152 IV. BRAHMACHARYA’S DISCURSIVE POLITICS OF REFORM ............................. 176 Chapter 4. In the Name of Marriage ................................................................ 184 I. THE COLONIAL TRAJECTORY OF MARRIAGE ................................................ 186 II. MARRIAGE MADE UNHAPPY ....................................................................... 198 III. DEBATING SANCTIONS ............................................................................... 213 CONCLUSION: DISCUSSING MARRIAGE, REMAKING CASTE ............................. 231 Chapter 5. Sexual Modernity in Marriage ...................................................... 235 I. THE BODY LANGUAGE OF CASTE ................................................................. 238 II. ‘CASTING’ SEXUAL SELECTION ................................................................... 249 III. CONSUMMATING MARRIAGE: THE CASTE-SEXUAL PEDAGOGY ................. 261 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 272 Chapter 6. Modern Marathi Obscenities ......................................................... 274 I. MAKING COLONIAL INDIA OBSCENE ............................................................ 276 II. LOCATING OBSCENITY IN SEXUAL SCIENCE ................................................ 280 III. ANATOMY OF THE OBSCENE ...................................................................... 284 IV. NUDITY, HYGIENE, AND CASTE ................................................................. 296 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 304 READING CASTE, READING SEXUALITY ........................................................... 305 INTERROGATING SEX-EDUCATION FRAMES ..................................................... 307 THE CASTE-SEXUAL SUBJECT.......................................................................... 309 Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 314 JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS .......................................................................... 314 DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS ................................................................................ 314 MARATHI-LANGUAGE SOURCES ...................................................................... 314 MARATHI FILMS .............................................................................................. 323 HINDI-LANGUAGE SOURCES ............................................................................ 323 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SOURCES ....................................................................... 323 Acknowledgements First, I would like to thank Dr. Sarah Hodges, my supervisor. This work has evolved from my continuous discussions with her on the issues of caste and sexuality in modern South Asia. The project in many ways is inspired by her work on the bio-politics of reproduction. For my doctoral work I was awarded the Chancellor’s International Scholarship from the University of Warwick. Without this generous support, the work would not have been possible. Academic engagements in the Department of History and the Centre for the History of Medicine were crucial in developing the historical understanding necessary in building this research project. Discussions with Claudia Stein, Rebecca Earle, Hilary Marland, and Roberta Bivins helped in articulating my thoughts on the social history of medicine. A short-term fellowship from the Advanced Centre of Women’s Studies, Tata Institute of Social Science, was an encouragement while doing research in Mumbai. This work is a product of my ongoing engagements with scholars and friends working in diverse fields with a concern for historical inquiries into caste and gender formulations in India. In this process, conversations with Douglas Haynes and Milind Wakankar were important for shaping this project. I am indebted to Arvind Ganachari for encouraging me to do archival research while working on colonial Maharashtra. Discussions with Raju Jadhav were useful in my constant movement between my formulations about colonial, late colonial, and contemporary Marathi caste realities. He has also been a patient listener throughout my research experience. Similarly useful were my conversations with Sangita Thosar regarding Dalit feminism in Maharashtra. Beyond their friendship, my discussions with Vijay Kunjir and Nitish Navasagare were important in thinking and rethinking about Marathi progressivism. Conversations with Madhuri Dixit regarding Marathi theatre and translations were also useful. This doctoral thesis is mainly based on the archival research I carried out in libraries in the United Kingdom and India, particularly the Wellcome Library in London; Mumbai Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya, Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangha Library, and the University of Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Library in Mumbai; and Dhanjayrao Gadgil Library and the Maharashtra iv government library in Pune. Uttamrao Patil from Tarawadi, Ahmadnagar, and Ramesh Chavan from Pune gave me access to their collections of Marathi non-Brahmin movement literature. Used-book shops, raddi wale, roadside booksellers and bookstalls selling religious books in Pune and Mumbai were important archival locations for colonial Marathi sex-education texts. Mumbai, which is almost my hometown, has always compelled me to rethink the ‘modern’ and the ‘archival’. Asmita Hulyalkar’s comments were useful while thinking about the archival material. Milind Kothawade enthusiastically and practically supported my continuous search for sources. Nilesh Kaldhonkar’s assistance was valuable in managing the material collection in Pune. Encouragement from my family was equally important in completing this PhD dissertation. Mummy, Baba, Smita, and Anand were always with me in all difficult and happy times, as they will always be. v Declaration and Inclusion of Material from a Prior Thesis I declare that the research presented in this thesis is entirely my own work and has not been submitted for a degree at any other university.
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