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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455284003321

Autore

Caudhurāṇī Phaẏajunnesā <1834-1903.>

Titolo

Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal [[electronic resource] /] / translated and commented by Fayeza S. Hasanat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-39920-9

9786612399206

90-474-4226-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, , 1570-7628 ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

HasanatFayeza S

Disciplina

305.48/69709541409034

Soggetti

Women - India - Bengal - Social conditions

Women - India - Bengal - History

Nationalism - India - Bengal - History

Electronic books.

Bengal (India) Colonial influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Bengali.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Fayeza S. Hasanat -- Chapter One. Introduction / Fayeza S. Hasanat -- Chapter Two. Translation of Rupjalal / Fayeza S. Hasanat -- Chapter Three. Rereading the text / Fayeza S. Hasanat -- Bibliography / Fayeza S. Hasanat -- Index / Fayeza S. Hasanat.

Sommario/riassunto

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 nationalist movement of colonial Bengal. An analysis of the text is also included in order to invite readers to explore the woman question in context of Islam and/in imperial society. With the translated text, along with a critical overview and textual analysis, this book traces in Faizunnesa’s life and works the emergence of a self-conscious female voice by addressing the issues of social, political, and economic marginality of women in an Islamic, nationalist, and imperialist culture of colonial Bengal.