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Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India [PDF ebook]

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Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the ‘women’s courts’ or ‘female quarters of the palace’, where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.

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Formato PDF ● Pagine 256 ● ISBN 9781851965625 ● Casa editrice Pickering & Chatto Publishers ● Pubblicato 2008 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2802882 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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