‘Orphan’ as a category of analysis: Historicizing ‘child rescue’ in colonial India, 1860s–1920s
Childhood: A journal of global child research
Published online on March 27, 2026
Abstract
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This article makes a case for using “orphan” as an analytical category in historicizing child rescue in nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries colonial India. It argues that child rescue efforts in the 19th century were tied to the concept of jati, and ...
This article makes a case for using “orphan” as an analytical category in historicizing child rescue in nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries colonial India. It argues that child rescue efforts in the 19th century were tied to the concept of jati, and ...