Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India
Angma Dey Jhala, "Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India ("The Body, Gender and Culture")"
2008 | pages: 255 | ISBN: 1851969411 | PDF | 1,0 mb
2008 | pages: 255 | ISBN: 1851969411 | PDF | 1,0 mb
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.
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