Taking as her focus Bengali-language books of household advice, the author traces how colonialism gradually reconfigured daily domestic life, with the result that familial and domestic authority, once held by elder women, was replaced by that of the modern colonial husband.
A . familial and domestic authority, once held by elder women, was
B . elder women’s authority was in familial and domestic matters
C . authority over familial and domestic matters held by elder women was
D . elder women, the authorities in familial and domestic matters, were
E . the authority of elder women in familial and domestic matters was
Answer: E