Visible histories, disappearing women : producing Muslim womanhood in late colonial Bengal /

Argues that the discursive erasure of Muslim women within colonial and Hindu nationalist discourse underpinned the construction of other identity categories in late colonial Bengal and remains linked to violence against Indian Muslim women today.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarkar, Mahua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:Duke backfile
Temas:
1800-1899
Muslim women > India > West Bengal > History > 19th century.
Muslim women > India > West Bengal > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women in Islam.
Musulmanes > Inde > Bengale-Occidental > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Musulmanes > Inde > Bengale-Occidental > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Femmes dans l'islam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
British colonies
Colonies > Administration
Muslim women
Muslim women > Social conditions
Social conditions
Women in Islam
West Bengal (India) > History > 19th century.
West Bengal (India) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > Administration.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Asie > Administration.
Asia
India > West Bengal
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The colonial cast : the merchant, the soldier, the "writer" (clerk), their lovers, and the trouble with "native women's" histories
  • The politics of (in)visibility : Muslim women in (Hindu) nationalist discourse
  • Negotiating modernity : the social production of Muslim-ness in late colonial Bengal.

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