Forging the ideal educated girl : the production of desirable subjects in Muslim South Asia /

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"In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women's and girls' education by arguing that such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Colección:Islamic Humanities.
Temas:
Muslim women > Education > South Asia.
Muslim women > South Asia.
Women > South Asia > Social conditions.
Musulmanes > Éducation > Asie méridionale.
Musulmanes > Asie méridionale.
Femmes > Asie méridionale > Conditions sociales.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Muslim women
Muslim women > Education
Women > Social conditions
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South Asia
access to education.
advocacy.
class relations.
colonial india.
common sense.
development campaigns.
educated women.
educational reform.
evolving politics.
gender issues.
india.
islam.
nation state.
nation.
paid work.
pakistan.
patriarchal family.
producing ideal muslim women.
religion.
sociology.
specific relationships.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women's and girls' education by arguing that such advocacy is not simply about access to education but, more crucially, is concerned with molding girls into the kinds of subjects needed to advance societal projects such as nation building, modernization, and solidifying religious identity. Such concerns are often driven by material and cultural struggles for power. Thus, discourses around education for girls and women are sites for the construction not only of gender identity but also of class, religion, and the nation"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520970533
0520970535
0520298403
9780520298408

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