Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing

This book sets out an unconventional literary history of progressive Urdu poetry by Pakistani women in the twentieth century. It introduces the resilient voices of poets who tread a fine line between the secular and sacred in an Islamic society to articulate a new feminist aesthetic.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction: Poetry, Politics, Women; 2. Form, Education and Women: Rekhti, Reform and the Zenana; 3. Progressive Aspirations: Sexual Politics and Women's Writing; 4. Fahmida Riaz: A Woman Impure; 5. Kishwar Naheed: Dreamer, Storyteller, Changemaker; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Amina Yaqin is Associate Professor of World Literatures and Publishing at the University of Exeter. Prior to joining Exeter, she was Reader in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, engaging with contemporary contexts of Muslim life as well as the politics of culture in Pakistan. She is co-editor of the international journal Critical Pakistan Studies published by Cambridge University Press.

Product details

• Authors: Amina Yaqin, Yaqin Amina
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781785277559
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-755-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Anthem Studies in South Asian; Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Religion and beliefs, Society and culture: general, Literature: history and criticism, literary criticism; social science; religion