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Record Nr.

UNISA996204166803316

Autore

Winkelmann Mareike Jule

Titolo

'From behind the curtain' : a study of girls' madrasa in India / / Mareike Jule Winkelmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-97908-2

9786611979089

90-485-0441-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

ISIM dissertations

Disciplina

297

Soggetti

Madrasahs - India - History

Women - Education - India - History

Islamic education - India - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172).

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Ch.1: Introduction; Ch.2: Discussing girls' madrasas: absences and appearances; Ch.3: The 'men behind the curtain' and the tablighi link; Ch.4: Curriculum and learning; Ch.5: Female authority and the public; Ch.6: Girls' madrasas revisited

Sommario/riassunto

This study investigates how madrasas for girls emerged in India, how they differ from madrasas for boys, and how female students come to interpret Islam through the teachings they receive in these schools.