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Author Caudhurāṇī, Phaẏajunnesā, 1834-1903.

Title Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal / translated and commented by Fayeza S. Hasanat
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages)
Series Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, 1570-7628 ; v. 7
Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 7.
Contents Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Translation of Rupjalal; Book One; Part One. The Beginning; Part Two. Merchant Omar and King Zamzam; Part Three. The Ordeal of Rupbanu; Part Four. The Correspondence and Courting; Part Five. Searching for the Enemy; Part Six. The Change of Fate; Part Seven. The Journey Back; Book Two; Book Three; Chapter 3: Rereading the text; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Nawab Faizunnesa (1834-1903) challenged established notions regarding women's position in a Muslim society in colonial Bengal. Her RupJalal was the first literary text written by a Bengali Muslim woman. The translated text is placed in the historical context of colonialism and the nationalist movement of colonial Bengal. An analysis of the text is also included in order to invite readers to explore the woman question in context of Islam and/in imperial society. With the translated text, along with a critical overview and textual analysis, this book traces in Faizunnesa's life and works the emergence of a self-conscious female voice by addressing the issues of social, political, and economic marginality of women in an Islamic, nationalist, and imperialist culture of colonial Bengal."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index
Notes Translated from the Bengali
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Subject Caudhurāṇī, Phaẏajunnesā, 1834-1903. Rūpajālāla -- Criticism, Textual
Women -- India -- Bengal -- Social conditions
Women -- India -- Bengal -- History
Nationalism -- India -- Bengal -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Colonial influence
Nationalism
Women
Women -- Social conditions
Författare -- Indien -- 1800-tal.
Muslimska kvinnor -- sociala förhållanden -- Indien -- Bengalen.
Poesi.
SUBJECT Bengal (India) -- Colonial influence
Subject India -- Bengal
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Hasanat, Fayeza S.
LC no. 2008032132
ISBN 9789047442264
9047442261
1282399209
9781282399204
9786612399206
6612399201
Other Titles Rūpajālāla. English