Nawab Faizunnesa's RupjalalBRILL, 2009 - 224 pages Nawab Faizunnesa (1834-1903) challenged established notions regarding womena (TM)s position in a Muslim society in colonial Bengal. Her "RupJalal " was the first literary text written by a Bengali Muslim woman. The translated text is placed in the historical context of colonialism and the nationalist movement of colonial Bengal. An analysis of the text is also included in order to invite readers to explore the woman question in context of Islam and/in imperial society. With the translated text, along with a critical overview and textual analysis, this book traces in Faizunnesaa (TM)s life and works the emergence of a self-conscious female voice by addressing the issues of social, political, and economic marginality of women in an Islamic, nationalist, and imperialist culture of colonial Bengal. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Translation of Rupjalal | 41 |
Book One | 48 |
Part Two Merchant Omar and King Zamzam | 68 |
Part Three The Ordeal of Rupbanu | 88 |
Part Four The Correspondence and Courting | 96 |
Part Five Searching for the Enemy | 105 |
Part Six The Change of Fate | 118 |
Part Seven The Journey Back | 130 |
Book Two | 138 |
Book Three | 165 |
Rereading the text | 185 |
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Common terms and phrases
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