Women and Girls in the Hindi Public Sphere
Periodical Literature in Colonial North India
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9780198074076
Publication date:
28/12/2011
Hardback
376 pages
215.0x140.0mm
Price: 750.00 INR
Also available as:
ISBN:
9780198074076
Publication date:
28/12/2011
Hardback
376 pages
215.0x140.0mm
SHOBNA NIJHAWAN
Suitable for: Including thirty-six archival visuals and an exhaustive Bibliography, this volume will be rewarding for students and scholars of gender, cultural, and media studies, history, literature, and South Asian studies.
Rights: World Rights
SHOBNA NIJHAWAN
Description
The emergence of periodicals in Hindi for women and girls in early twentieth-century India helped shape the nationalist-feminist thought in the country. Analysing the format and structure of periodical literature, Shobna Nijhawan shows how it became a medium for elite and middle-class women to think in new idioms and express themselves collectively at a time of social transition and political emancipation. With case studies of Hindi women’s periodicals including Stri Darpan, Grihalakshmi, and Arya Mahila, and explorations of Hindi girls’ periodicals like Kumari Darpan and Kanya Manoranjan, the study brings to light the nationalist demand for home rule for women. Discussing domesticity, political emancipation, and language politics, Shobna argues that women’s periodicals instigated change and were not mere witnesses. With a perceptive Introduction setting the context, the work showcases rare archival material: advice texts, advertisements and book reviews, and multiple narratives specifically meant for women and girls of early twentieth-century north India
SHOBNA NIJHAWAN
SHOBNA NIJHAWAN
Description
The emergence of periodicals in Hindi for women and girls in early twentieth-century India helped shape the nationalist-feminist thought in the country. Analysing the format and structure of periodical literature, Shobna Nijhawan shows how it became a medium for elite and middle-class women to think in new idioms and express themselves collectively at a time of social transition and political emancipation. With case studies of Hindi women’s periodicals including Stri Darpan, Grihalakshmi, and Arya Mahila, and explorations of Hindi girls’ periodicals like Kumari Darpan and Kanya Manoranjan, the study brings to light the nationalist demand for home rule for women. Discussing domesticity, political emancipation, and language politics, Shobna argues that women’s periodicals instigated change and were not mere witnesses. With a perceptive Introduction setting the context, the work showcases rare archival material: advice texts, advertisements and book reviews, and multiple narratives specifically meant for women and girls of early twentieth-century north India
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