The emergence of feminism among Indian Muslim women, 1920-1947 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Azra Asghar Ali.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxi, 291 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.), University of London, 1996.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Socio-cultural transition and Muslim womanhood in India (1857-1920) -- Opening up a public space for women: the role of education (1920-1947) -- Opening up a public space for women: the role of health care arrangements -- Opening up a public space for women: the role of social legislation -- Opening up a public space for women: the role of political enfranchisement -- Opening up a public space for women: the role of literary culture.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Various studies have contributed to understanding the changing position and relevance of Muslim women to society. Some tend to focus on traditional reformers of Muslim womanhood, or, concentrate on the post-independence position of Indian Muslim women. There still remains a gap, therefore, as far as understanding the chain of developments which gradually opened up a place for Muslim women in terms of their private and public lives. Indeed, the gradual process of increasing awareness among Indian Muslim women and the movement for their emancipation did not occur accidentally or by chance, but rather it was a historical process achieved through different stages. Without knowing these chains of development, it remains difficult to examine how Muslim society in general and Muslim women in particular responded to these changes and challenges during the decades leading to independence and the creation of Pakistan." "This book, therefore, seeks to fill the gap identified above as well as to offer some thoughts on the emergence of 'feminism' among Indian Muslim women. It does this by focusing on various kinds of 'spaces' in which Muslim women were increasingly able to participate in the public sphere, created in large part by changes emanating from the impact of the colonial state. Through the use of the term 'feminism' this study acknowledges its growing popularity in the Indian subcontinent during the period under discussion, albeit among growing Indian middle classes."--Jacket.
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Title
Emergence of feminism among Indian Muslim women, 1920-1947.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Feminism-- India-- History.
Muslim women-- India-- History.
Women in Islam-- India-- History.
Women's rights-- India-- History.
Women's rights-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
71.38 social movements.
Feminism-- India-- History.
Feminism.
Féminisme-- Inde-- Histoire.
Feminisme.
Feminismus
Femmes dans l'islam-- Inde-- Histoire.
Femmes-- Droits-- Inde-- Histoire.
Islamieten.
Muslim women-- India-- History.
Muslim women.
Muslimin
Musulmanes-- Inde-- Histoire.
Women in Islam.
Women's rights-- Religious aspects-- Islam-- India.