Haram in the harem: domestic narratives in India and Algeria

Muslim women in colonial India : the importance of the proper housewife -- The Algerian resistance : non-combat women within the family fold -- The partition of India : women's bodies embody men's honor -- Multiple narratives in short fiction -- When real life and fiction converge -- Alter...

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Published in:Postcolonial studies
Main Author: Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Lang 2009
In: Postcolonial studies (8)
Series/Journal:Postcolonial studies 8
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Čuġtāʾī, ʿIṣmat 1915-1991 / Muslim woman (Motif) / Patriarchate (Motif)
B Mastur, Khadija 1927-1982 / Muslim woman (Motif) / Patriarchate (Motif)
B Djebar, Assia 1936-2015 / Muslim woman (Motif) / Patriarchate (Motif)
Further subjects:B K̲h̲adījah Mastūr (1927-1982) Criticism and interpretation
B Families in literature
B Djebar, Assia (1936-2015) Criticism and interpretation
B Muslim Women (Pakistan) Social conditions
B Cug̲h̲tāʼī, ʻIṣmat (1915-1991) Criticism and interpretation
B Muslim Women (Algeria) Social conditions
B Muslim women in literature
B Patriarchy in literature
B Muslim Women (India) Social conditions
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Summary:Muslim women in colonial India : the importance of the proper housewife -- The Algerian resistance : non-combat women within the family fold -- The partition of India : women's bodies embody men's honor -- Multiple narratives in short fiction -- When real life and fiction converge -- Alternative domesticity in the South Asian Muslim zenna : "I am a realist" -- The sister-in-law and her husband's family : ' " --the complete housewife" -- Discovering homoerotic desire in the household of "The quilt" -- Conclusion -- "Severed sound" : the emotional sister in Assia Dejbar's Women of Algiers in their apartments -- Returning home in post-revolutionary Algeria : the absorbed female fighter -- Family politics in post-revolutionary Algeria : the absorbed widow -- Conclusion -- Between women and their bodies : male perspectives of female partition experiences -- Abducted female during partition : historical fact and literary figure -- Caught between the communal and the familial : "his only sister, his treasure" -- Conclusion -- Thematic intersections
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 111 - 118
ISBN:1433107120