Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal /
"Nawab Faizunnesa (1834-1903) challenged established notions regarding women's position in a Muslim society in colonial Bengal. Her RupJalal was the first literary text written by a Bengali Muslim woman. The translated text is placed in the historical context of colonialism and the nationa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Bengali |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ;
v. 7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Translation of Rupjalal; Book One; Part One. The Beginning; Part Two. Merchant Omar and King Zamzam; Part Three. The Ordeal of Rupbanu; Part Four. The Correspondence and Courting; Part Five. Searching for the Enemy; Part Six. The Change of Fate; Part Seven. The Journey Back; Book Two; Book Three; Chapter 3: Rereading the text; Bibliography; Index.