[PDF] Beyond Purdah eBook

Author : Dagmar Engels
Publisher : School of Oriental & African Studies University of London
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :

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The author argues that 'purdah' in early-twentieth-century Bengal meant far more than secluding women behind veils and walls; it entailed an all-encompassing ideology and code of conduct based on female modesty which pervaded women's lives. Accordingly, women's political experience and participation, even if its significance can be established, needs to be deconstructed and contextualized by looking at a wider range of discourses.

Author : Sheila Aikman
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780855985295

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This book combines analysis of policy and empirically based studies on gender, education, and development.

Author : Harish Trivedi
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Anglo-Indian literature
ISBN : 9780415212076

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This is the first book to deal with the culture of Britain and India over the past two hundred years in an integrated way. Previously unavailable texts make this an invaluable resource for all those interested in British and Indian literature.

Author : Dagmar Engels
Publisher : School of Oriental & African Studies University of London
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 1998-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195647099

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The author argues that `Purdah' in early twentieth century Bengal meant far more than secluding women behind veils and walls; it entailed an all-encompassing ideology and code of conduct based on female modesty. Women's political activities, their class-specific existence as daughters, wives, mothers and widows as well as their education and employment are examined in this framework.

Author : Sumit Sarkar
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2002-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253342034

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The political context in which historians of India find themselves today, says Sumit Sarkar, is dominated by the advance of the Hindu Right and globalized forms of capitalism, while the historian's intellectual context is dominated by the marginalization of all varieties of Marxism and an academic shift to cultural studies and postmodern critique. In Beyond Nationalist Frames, one of India's foremost contemporary historians offers his view of how the craft of history should be practiced in this complex conjuncture. In studies of colonial time-keeping, Rabindranath Tagore's fiction, and pre-Independence Bengal, Sarkar explores new approaches to the writing of history. Essays on contemporary politics consider the implications of the "Hindu Bomb," the rewriting of national history textbooks by Hindu fundamentalists, and the issue of conversion to Christianity. Scholars in all the fields touched by recent developments in South Asian historiography—anthropology, feminist theory, comparative literature, cultural studies—will find this a stimulating and provocative collection of essays, as will anyone interested in Indian politics.

Author : K. Grant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0230626521

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Explores the central role of the British Empire in developing transnational ideas, institutions and social movements of increasing scope and influence in the eras of high imperialism and the two world wars. Chapters follow transnational dynamics and debates over sovereignty in the domains of sexuality, law, politics, culture and religion.

Author : Aryendra Chakravartty
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1040132197

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This book traces the role of technology in shaping, curating, disseminating, and archiving knowledge and life in South Asia. It focuses on empirical studies of transformative social processes unleashed by technological intervention in colonial and postcolonial contexts, which have changed our everyday lives and created new sites of domination and resistance, and new archives of history. Unraveling technology as an indicator of South Asia’s encounter with modernity, the chapters in the volume interrogate how technology was witnessed in the production of culture, historicizing and preserving the past, and establishing claims to heritage and history. In addition to examining the critical role of creative and commercial networks in establishing communities, the volume also scans the significant contribution of technology as a mechanism of social control. It highlights the pervasive nature of discourse that continues to assert its legitimacy, despite significant challenges to its structures of dominance, be it in the case of Bengali women or imperial dreams of curating a rapidly eroding past. In doing so, the volume emphasizes the discursive thoughts and practices that permeate the functioning of an empire and a postcolonial nation-state through narratives of resilience, appropriation, silences, and dissent. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, digital humanities, South Asian studies, modern history, colonialism, and post-independence India.

Author : Mark Tully
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780140179651

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Stories Of Depth And Eloquence That Take Us To The Very Heart Of The Indian Experience For More Than Twenty Years Mark Tully Was The Bbc Chief Of Bureau In Delhi And His Name And His Voice Became Synonymous With The Country He Had Made His Home. For Years He Sent Back Dispatches Interpreting The Subcontinent To The Outside World, But The 'Truth' Of India Is Remarkably Resistant To Reportage. Imbued With His Love For India And Informed By His Vast Experience, Mark Tully Has Woven Together A Series Of Extraordinary Stories. All The Stories Are Set In Uttar Pradesh And Tell Of Very Different Lives. Of A Barren Wife Who Visits A Holy Man And Subsequently Conceives-But Is It A Miracle Or Something More Worldly? Of A Son'S Carefully Laid Plot To Take Revenge Against His Father'S Murderer, With A Surprising Twist When His Case Comes To Court. Of A Daughter, Persuaded By Her Friends To Spurn An Arranged Marriage, Whose Romance Ends In Blackmail. Of A Man'S Inability To Overcome The Conventions Of Caste And Go Into Business, Which Leads To His Wife Breaking Purdah And Taking Control Of The Family. In These And In Other Stories, Mark Tully Delicately Probes The Nuances Of Life In India.

Author : Peter Gran
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815655444

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Eurocentrism influences virtually all established historical writing. With the rise of Prussia and, by extension, Europe, eurocentrism became the dominant paradigm for world history. Employing the approaches of Gramsci and Foucault, Peter Gran proposes a reconceptualization of world history. He challenges the traditional convention of relying on totalitarian or democratic functions of a particular state to explain and understand relationships of authority and resistance in a number of national contexts. Gran maintains that there is no single developmental model but diverse forms of hegemony that emerged out of the political crisis following the penetration of capitalism into each nation. In making comparisons between seemingly disparate and distinctive nations and by questioning established canons of comparative inquiry, Gran encourages people to recognize the similarities between the West and non-West nations.