representation of Muslim Women in Indian Writings in English 1950-2000
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kidwai, A. R. > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Kidwai, Sabina
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- V IND 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- romans, media, islam, moslima's, India, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- This volume of ten articles stands out as a contribution the representation of Muslim woman in post-Independence Indian Writings in English (1950-2000). It examines whether this representation replicates or modifies the image of Muslim woman as ingrained in Western literary tradition. Among the writers discussed are Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Shashi Tharoor, Manohar Malgonkar, Attia Hossain, Balwant Gargi, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Amitav Kumar, Ruskin Bond, Qurratulain Hyder and a host of story writers of Indian regional languages. Besides, the volume contains a critique of the image of Muslim woman in TV serials.