The Womens Movement And Colonial Politics In Bengal

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.

This Collection Of Essays On Politics, Medicine And Historiography Is About Those India Women Who Began To Be Educated And To Pay Some Role In Public Life.

This highly interesting book studies the cultural context of modernisation of middle-class Muslim women in late 19th and 20th century Bengal. Its frames of reference are the Bengal 'Awakening', the Reform Movements - Brahmo/Hindu and Muslim - and the Women's Question as articulated in material and ideological terms throughout the period. Tracing the emergence of the modern Muslim gentlewomen, the bhadramahila, starting in 1876 when Nawab Faizunnesa Chaudhurani published her first book and ending with the foundation in 1939 of The Lady Brabourne College, the book gives an excellent analysis of the rise of a Muslim woman's public sphere and broadens our knowledge of Bengali social history in the colonial period.

On the political role of Muslim women in undivided Bengal in 19th and 20th century; a study.

Demonstrating The Centrality Of Gender In The Formation Of A National Identity, This Book Opens Up Fresh Ways Of Scrutinising The Links Between Nationalism And Indian Modernity, Examining How Indigenous Cultural Forms Are Constructed For A Modern Political Identity.

This Study, In The Light Of West Bengal Experience Stresses That Women Are Still Second Class Citizen In Spite Of The Equal Rights Conferred On Them.