Courtly Indian Women In Late Imperial India

Informationen zum Autor Angma Dey Jhala Klappentext Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion. Zusammenfassung Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana! which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace'! where women lived behind pardah in seclusion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Palace Politics: Zenana Life in the Late Colonial Princely State, c. 1890–1947; Chapter 2 Reading the Role of Women in Succession Disputes: Kenneth Fitze's A Review of Modern Practice in Regard to Successions in Indian States; Chapter 3 A Discourse on Desire: The Politics of Marriage Alliance in the Hindu Zenana; Chapter 4 Breaking (Male) Hearts: The Role of Love, Colonial Law and Materrnal Authority in Two Disputed Royal Marriages in Early Twentieth-Century Kathiawar; Chapter 5 Troubles in Indore, The Maharaja's Women: Loving Dangerously; Chapter 6 From 'Pardah to Parliament': Dynastic Politics and the Role of Royal Women in Postcolonial India; Chapter 7 Epilogue;

Product details

• Authors: Angma Dey Jhala
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2008
• EAN: 9781851969418
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-941-8
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: "The Body, Gender and Culture"
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, HISTORY / Asia / South / General