Purdah, an anthology / edited by Eunice De Souza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Souza, Eunice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purdah.

Muslim women--India--Social conditions.

Muslim women.

Conduct of life.

India.

Social conditions.

Muslim women--India--Conduct of life.

Purdah in literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 552 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This anthology brings together literature on the subject of purdah in terms of seclusion, feminine modesty, rights of women, etc. and the way seclusion affected issues of health, education, and relationships. Focussing on purdah as a lived experience, it attempts to find answers to these issues through 19th and 20th century texts written in English, Urdu, Bengali, and Marathi by men and women, Indian and foreign scholars. It includes reformist texts, personal accounts, biographies, novels, poems, satire, essays, depictions of purdah in films, etc.

Contents:

Western accounts

Indian perceptions

First person accounts

Literary evocations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [550]-552).

ISBN:

0195666615

OCLC:

56599102