Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India

Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781107030244
ISBN-13 : 1107030242
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Book Synopsis Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India by : Ruby Lal

Download or read book Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India written by Ruby Lal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the lives of nineteenth-century Indian women in their transition from girlhood to maturity. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, women's lives were dominated by prescriptive household chores and domestic duties. What the book reveals, however, is that women in the early nineteenth century experienced greater freedoms, playfulness, and creativity than their counterparts in the more restricted colonial world at the end of the century.


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