Women, Islam and familial intimacy in Colonial South Asia

"Women, Islam and Familial Intimacy in Colonial South Asia highlights the rich tradition of protest and defiance among the Muslim women of colonial India. Bringing together a range of archival material including novels, pamphlets, commentaries and journalistic essays, it narrates a history of M...

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Published in:Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia
Main Author: Alam, Asiya (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2021]
In: Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia ([volume 1])
Series/Journal:Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia [volume 1]
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Britisch-Indien / Islam / Woman / Reform movement
B Britisch-Indien / Muslim woman / Family law
Further subjects:B Muslim Women (South Asia) Social conditions 19th century
B Marriage (South Asia) History 20th century
B South Asia History 19th century
B Muslim Women (South Asia) Social conditions 20th century
B Feminism (South Asia) History 20th century
B Marriage (South Asia) History 19th century
B South Asia History 20th century
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Summary:"Women, Islam and Familial Intimacy in Colonial South Asia highlights the rich tradition of protest and defiance among the Muslim women of colonial India. Bringing together a range of archival material including novels, pamphlets, commentaries and journalistic essays, it narrates a history of Muslim feminism conversing with, and confronting the dominant and influential narratives of didactic social reform. The book reveals how discussion about marriage and family evoked claims of women's freedom and rights in a highly charged literary and cultural landscape where lesser-known female intellectuals jostled for public space alongside well-known male social reformers. Definitions of Islamic ethics remained central to these debates, and the book illustrates how claims of social obligation, religious duty and freedom balanced and negotiated each other in a period of nationalism and reform. By doing so, it also illuminates a story of Muslim politics that goes beyond the well-established accounts of Muslim separatism and the Pakistan movement"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004421106