Title Gender, sexuality and feminism in Pakistani Urdu writing / Amina Yaqin

Published London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (313 pages) Series Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: POETRY, POLITICS, WOMEN -- Elite, Folk and Sufi Developments -- Reform, Women's Rights and Education -- Feminist Voices and the Legacy of Progressive Writing -- Form and Performativity: The Ghazal and the Mushaira -- Islam and the West: Community and Nation -- Pakistan: Secular Sacred Ideologies -- Notes -- Chapter 2 FORM, EDUCATION AND WOMEN: REKHTI, REFORM AND THE ZENANA -- Linguistic Cross-Dressing and the Otherness of Rekhti Educating Women: Reforming the Zenana -- Akbari and Asghari -- Umrao Jan Ada: The Courtesan Poet and the Hybrid Urdu Novel -- Notes -- Chapter 3 PROGRESSIVE ASPIRATIONS: SEXUAL POLITICS AND WOMEN'S WRITING -- Resistance and the Rise of the Left: The Progressive Writers' Movement -- The Middle Ground of Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Bridging Sexual and Progressive Politics -- Ada Jafri and Zehra Nigah -- Notes -- Chapter 4 FAHMIDA RIAZ: A WOMAN IMPURE -- Protest, Activism and Radical Writing -- Dissent and Intimacy in Badan Darida (The Body Torn) -- From Sacred to Secular: Culminating the Journey of Resistance Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 KISHWAR NAHEED: DREAMER, STORYTELLER, CHANGEMAKER -- The Feminist -- Poetry as Performance: The Mother -- The Limits of Language -- Grassroots Activism -- The Traveller -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX Summary This book sets out an unconventional literary history of progressive Urdu poetry by Pakistani women in the twentieth century. It introduces the resilient voices of poets who tread a fine line between the secular and sacred in an Islamic society to articulate a new feminist aesthetic Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 22, 2022) Subject Urdu poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism Urdu literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Gender identity in literature. Sex in literature. Feminism in literature. Feminism in literature Gender identity in literature Sex in literature Urdu poetry Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781785277573 178527757X 9781785277566 1785277561

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