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1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages) : illustrations |
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 55 |
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 55. 1385-3376
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| Contents |
Preliminary Material / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Preface / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Acknowledgements / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Notes on Transliteration, References, Calendar, Etc. / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter One Introduction / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Two Reform Movement in a Colonized Society / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Three The Traditional Family / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Four The Family in Transition / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Five Rise of Formal Education / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Six The Idea of Education / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Seven Growth of Creativity Among Muslim Bhadramahila / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Eight The New Woman in Literature / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Chapter Nine Conclusion / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Appendix Selected List of Bhadramahilas Discussed/Interviewed (Arranged Chronologically) / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Bibliography / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Illustrations / Sonia Nishat Amin -- Index / Sonia Nishat Amin |
| Summary |
This highly interesting book studies the cultural context of modernisation of middle-class Muslim women in late 19th- and 20th-century Bengal. Its frames of reference are the Bengal 'Awakening', the Reform Movements -- Brahmo/Hindi and Muslim -- and the Women's Question as articulated in material and ideological terms throughout the period. Tracing the emergence of the modern Muslim gentlewomen, the bhadramahilā , starting in 1876 when Nawab Faizunnesa Chaudhurani published her first book and ending with the foundation in 1939 of The Lady Brabourne College, the book gives an excellent analysis of the rise of a Muslim woman's public sphere and broadens our knowledge of Bengali social history in the colonial period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-298) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Women -- India -- Bengal -- History
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Muslim women -- India -- Bengal -- History
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Muslim women
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Women
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Sozioökonomischer Wandel
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Muslimin
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Mittelstand
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Vrouwen.
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Islamieten.
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Vernieuwing.
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Femmes -- Inde -- Bengale -- Histoire.
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Musulmanes -- Inde -- Bengale -- Histoire.
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India -- Bengal
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Bengalen
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History
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Electronic book
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