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Gender, sex, and the city : Urdu Rekhtī poetry in India, 1780-1870 /

"This book explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow, which was the center of a flourishing Indo-Islamic culture. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vanita, Ruth
Formato: Printed Book
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Orient Black Swan, c2012.
Colección:Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world
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Sumario:"This book explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow, which was the center of a flourishing Indo-Islamic culture. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it became a catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal"--
Descripción Física:xii, 296 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230340640 (hardback)