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.
| Author: Angma Dey Jhala |
| Publisher: Routledge |
| Publication Date: Jul 01, 2008 |
| Number of Pages: 256 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1851969411 |
| ISBN-13: 9781851969418 |