Title The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa : gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan / Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) : illustrations Contents The Making of the "Indian Mona Lisa" -- The Queen and the Slave Girl -- Becoming the Prince's Concubine -- Synergy of the Literary Couple -- Legacy: Self-Fashioning and its Limits Summary "Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-thani came to be acclaimed as "India's Mona Lisa," she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 24, 2023) Subject Bani Thani, active 1750. Courtesan -- India -- Kishangarh -- Biography Intellectual life SUBJECT Kishangarh (India) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Kishangarh (Princely State) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Rajasthan (India) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Subject India -- Kishangarh India -- Kishangarh (Princely State) India -- Rajasthan Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book LC no. 2022058985 ISBN 9781009201698 1009201697

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