Secluded Scholars: Women's Education and Muslim Social Reform in Colonial India (Gender Studies) - Hardcover

Minault, Gail

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9780195641905: Secluded Scholars: Women's Education and Muslim Social Reform in Colonial India (Gender Studies)

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ISBN 10: 0195641906 ISBN 13: 9780195641905

Publisher: OUP India, 1997

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This volume gives a detailed account of the individuals, organizations, and institutions that were influential in India in the promotion of education for Muslim girls in the colonial period.

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"... the text's emphasis on the history of the Muslim domestic sphere fills an important void in South Asian studies and becomes one of its major accomplishments ... her study becomes a crucial building block for further research on more diverse and critical histories of Muslim life in colonial India" -- International Journal of Middle East Studies

"Well written, comprehensively researched, and theoretically engaged with contemporary literature on South Asia ... the text's emphasis on the history of the Muslim domestic sphere fills an important void in South Asian studies..." -- International Journal of Middle East Studies

Synopsis:

This volume gives an account of the individuals, organizations and institutions that were influential in India in the promotion of education for Muslim girls in colonial India. The information provided is culled from a variety of sources in Urdu and other languages.

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