Voice of the Indian Mona Lisa - Gender and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Rajasthan

"Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-thani came to be acclaimed as "India's Mona Lisa," she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The making of the 'Indian Mona Lisa'; 2. The queen and the slave girl; 3. Becoming the prince's concubine; 4. Synergy of the literary couple; 5. Legacy: Self-fashioning and its limits; Conclusions.

About the author

Heidi Pauwels is Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels, Heidi Rika Maria (University of Washingto Pauwels, Heidi Rika Maria (University of Washington) Pauwels, Pauwels Heidi Rika Maria
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009201650
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920165-0
• No. of pages: 309
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History of Art, Hinduism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General