Purdah: Status Of Indian Women
First published in 2006. Purdah, which can be formal law or informal custom, involves keeping women segregated from society, restricting their independence and regulating their dress. This classic work, published in 1032 was the first accurate description of the institution of Purdah, its effects on the women of India and their rising revolt against it. Written by a woman who herself lived the life pictured in the books, this was a seminal book for the women's rights movement and general and Indian's women's movement in particular.
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Purdah: Status Of Indian Women
First published in 2006. Purdah, which can be formal law or informal custom, involves keeping women segregated from society, restricting their independence and regulating their dress. This classic work, published in 1032 was the first accurate description of the institution of Purdah, its effects on the women of India and their rising revolt against it. Written by a woman who herself lived the life pictured in the books, this was a seminal book for the women's rights movement and general and Indian's women's movement in particular.
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Purdah: Status Of Indian Women

Purdah: Status Of Indian Women

by Freida Hauswirth
Purdah: Status Of Indian Women

Purdah: Status Of Indian Women

by Freida Hauswirth

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First published in 2006. Purdah, which can be formal law or informal custom, involves keeping women segregated from society, restricting their independence and regulating their dress. This classic work, published in 1032 was the first accurate description of the institution of Purdah, its effects on the women of India and their rising revolt against it. Written by a woman who herself lived the life pictured in the books, this was a seminal book for the women's rights movement and general and Indian's women's movement in particular.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136187179
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/05/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Frieda Hauswirth

Table of Contents

Part 1 Purdah; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Freedom of the Vedic Period; Chapter 3 Restrictions on Woman’s Freedom; Chapter 4 Women in Epic Days; Chapter 5 The First Great Revolt; Chapter 6 Mohammedan Influence; Chapter 7 Customs Existing at the Time of the British Conquest; Chapter 8 Women in the Zenana; Chapter 9 England’s Part in Reform Concerning Indian Women; Chapter 10 Women’s Part in Education; Chapter 11 Some ‘Helpless’ Women of India; Chapter 12 Sister Nivedita and Maiden-Aunt Mayo; Chapter 13 Suffrage and Social Work; Chapter 14 Women and The Nationalist Movement; Chapter 15 Personal Observations;
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