Elusive lives : gender, autobiography, and the self in Muslim South Asia /

Elusive lives : gender, autobiography, and the self in Muslim South Asia /

Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women's bodies are veiled and their voices silenced. Challenging these perceptions, the author highlights an elusive strand of autobiographical writing dating back several centuries that offers a new lens th...

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Main Author: Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Series:South Asia in Motion Ser.
Subjects:
Autobiography > Women authors.
Autobiography > Muslim authors.
Muslim women authors > South Asia > Biography > History and criticism.
Women authors, South Asian > Biography > History and criticism.
South Asian literature > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Self in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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