Pub Date: July 1, 2008
Dewey: 306.2
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.18 lbs) 256 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | History | Asia | South General | Womens Studies
Series: Body, Gender and Culture
Description: Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.