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- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2003
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Grace, Daphne
- Thesaurus
- islam, hindoeïsme, literatuur, kleding, India, Algerije
- Description
- Daphne Grace, lecturer in English literature at the University of Sussex, problematises concepts of female space by way of two examples from literature, one from hindu India and one from muslim Algeria. She analyses interpretations of the role of women in terms of the traditional place of woman behind the screen of purdah, within the confines of the harem or haveli.