Purdah :: the status of Indian women from ancient time to the third twentieth century / Frieda Hauswirth
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TextPublication details: India Routledge Publications 2006Description: 289 pISBN: - 9781138896147
- 396.0954 HAU-F
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BITS Pilani Hyderabad | 390 | General Stack (For lending) | 396.0954 HAU-F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38536 |
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 by Kegan Paul in 1932, was the first accurate description of the institution of paradah, its effect of the women of India, and their rising revolt against it. Written by a woman who herself lived the life pictured in the book, this was a seminal book for the women's rights movements and general and the Indian women's movement in particular.
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