Sultana's Dream And Selections from the Secluded Ones |
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Author:
| Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat |
Editor:
| Jahan, Roushan |
Afterword by:
| Papanek, Hanna |
Series title: | A Feminist Press Sourcebook Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-935312-98-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
Publisher: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Sultana's Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia--a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world. "The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah. ...
More DescriptionSultana's Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia--a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world.
"The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.
Suggested for course use in:
History
Indian Literature
South Asian Studies
Utopian Fiction
Women's Studies
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 - 1932) was a Bengali Muslim writer and feminist activist who founded the first Muslim girls' school in Calcutta in 1911.