Women and girls in the Hindi public sphere : periodical literature in colonial North India /
Nijhawan, Shobnaauthor
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
An in-depth study of Hindi women's periodicals in early 20th century north India, this volume investigates debates around gender roles, the politicisation of women, and language politics as they were presented to a primarily female audience during a period of social reform and heightened nationalist activism.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Dedication -- Figures and Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Part One Women's and Girls' Periodicals:1 The Periodical as a Genre An Introduction -- 2 Women's Periodicals -- 3 Girls' Periodicals -- 4 Genre and Domesticity -- 5 Hindi and the Question of Comprehensibility -- 6 Conclusion -- Part Two A Reader: Editorials and Readers' Letters -- Essays, Speeches, and Advice texts -- (Auto) biographical Accounts, Fiction, and Poetry --  Advertisements and Book  -- Reviews -- Conclusion -- Primary Sources -- Index
An in-depth study of Hindi women's periodicals in early 20th century north India, this volume investigates debates around gender roles, the politicisation of women, and language politics as they were presented to a primarily female audience during a period of social reform and heightened nationalist activism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Women's periodicals, Hindi
Children's periodicals, Hindi
Hindi literature