Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

Informationen zum Autor Ruby Lal is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and History at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on issues of gender relations in Islamic societies in the pre-colonial world. Klappentext In a fascinating and innovative study, first published in 2005, Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, the author reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs in the 'inner' chambers as well as the 'outer' courts. Using Ottoman and Safavid histories as a counterpoint, she demonstrates the richness, ambiguity and particularity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalisation and imperial excellence. Zusammenfassung In this 2005 book! Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional interpretations of the haram! she reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and political affairs in the 'inner' chambers and the 'outer' courts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A genealogy of the Mughal haram; 3. The question of the archive: the challenge of a princess's memoir; 4. The making of Mughal court society; 5. Where was the haram in a peripatetic world?; 6. Settled, sacred, and all-powerful: the new regime under Akbar; 7. Settled, sacred, and 'incarcerated': the imperial haram; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Ruby Lal, Ruby (The Johns Hopkins University) Lal, Lal Ruby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521850223
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85022-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality