Beyond purdah? : women in Bengal 1890-1939
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Beyond purdah? : women in Bengal 1890-1939
（SOAS studies on South Asia）
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 1987
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and index
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Description
The author argues that 'Purdah' in early twentieth-century Bengal meant far more than secluding women behind veils and walls: it entailed an all-encompassing ideology and code of conduct based on female modesty. Women's political activities, their class-specific existence as daughters, wives, mothers, and widows as well as their education and employment are examined in this framework.
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