The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905 / / Meredith Borthwick.
Basing her work on Bengali-language sources, such as women's journals, private papers, biographies, and autobiographies, Meredith Borthwick approaches the lives of women in nineteenth-century Bengal from a new standpoint. She moves beyond the record of the heated debates held by men of this per...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1984 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations. List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration. List of Abbreviations
- CHAPTER ONE. Traditional Roles of Women in Bengali Society
- CHAPTER TWO. The "Condition of Women" Issue: The Impetus for Reform
- CHAPTER THREE. Expanding Horizons: The Education of the Bhadramahilā
- CHAPTER FOUR. Changing Conjugal Relations
- CHAPTER FIVE. Motherhood and Child Rearing
- CHAPTER SIX. Domestic Life: The Role of the Bhadramahilā as Housewife
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Erosion of Purdah
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Between Domesticity and Public Life: Voluntary Associations and Philanthropic Activity
- CHAPTER NINE. The Bhadramahilā in Public Life: Employment and Politics
- Conclusion
- Biographical Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter