Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women's bodies are veiled and their voices silenced. Challenging these perceptions, the author highlights an elusive strand of autobiographical writing dating back several centuries that offe…
Introduction : the ultimate unveiling -- Life/history/archive -- The sociology of authorship -- The autobiographical map -- Staging the self -- Autobiographical genealogies -- Coda : unveiling and its attributes
Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women's bodies are veiled and their voices silenced. Challenging these perceptions, the author highlights an elusive strand of autobiographical writing dating back several centuries that offe…
Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women's bodies are veiled and their voices silenced. Challenging these perceptions, the author highlights an elusive strand of autobiographical writing dating back several centuries that offe…
Account of a former ruling nawab from Bhopal, princely state in India.