| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 439 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Summary |
Drawing on a spectrum of genres, such as autobiographies, diaries, didactic tracts, novels and travelogues, this book examines the socio-cultural incentives that enabled the emergence of middle-class Hindu and Brahmo women authors as an ever-growing distinct category in nineteenth century in Bengal and factors facilitating production and circulation of their creations. By exploring the intersections of class, caste, gender, language, religion, culture in women-authored texts and by reading these within a specific milieu, the study opens up the possibility of re-configuring mainstream history writing that often ignores them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 30, 2020) |
| Subject |
Bengali literature -- Women authors -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Women authors, Bengali -- 19th century -- Biography
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Bengali literature -- Women authors.
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Women authors, Bengali.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199098224 |
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0199098220 |
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