Women, Islam and Familial Intimacy in Colonial South Asia

Language: English

Published by Brill, NL, 2021

9004421106 / 9789004421103

Series: Book 2 of 5 - Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia

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Women, Islam and Familial Intimacy in Colonial South Asia highlights the rich tradition of protest and defiance among the Muslim women of colonial India. Bringing together a range of archival material including novels, pamphlets, commentaries and journalistic essays, it narrates a history of Muslim feminism conversing with, and confronting the dominant and influential narratives of didactic social reform. The book reveals how discussion about marriage and family evoked claims of women's freedom and rights in a highly charged literary and cultural landscape where lesser-known female intellectuals jostled for public space alongside well-known male social reformers. Definitions of Islamic ethics remained central to these debates, and the book illustrates how claims of social obligation, religious duty and freedom balanced and negotiated each other in a period of nationalism and reform. By doing so, it also illuminates a story of Muslim politics that goes beyond the well-established accounts of Muslim separatism and the Pakistan movement.…

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Title
Women, Islam and Familial Intimacy in Colonial South Asia
Author
Asiya Alam
Publisher
Brill, NL
Publication year
2021
Condition
New
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
9004421106
ISBN 13
9789004421103
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Illustrated.
Item weight
742 grams
Dimensions
15.5 x 2.7 x 23.5 cm
Series
Book 2 of 5: Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia

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