The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939 / Sonia Amin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amin, Sonia, author.

Series:

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; Volume 55.

Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Series ; Volume 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--India--Bengal--History.

Muslim women.

Women--India--Bengal--History.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : E.J. Brill, [1996]

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-49140-6

OCLC:

654152132

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004491403 DOI