num_pages: 104
description: Sultana’s Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia—a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world."The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.Suggested for course use in:HistoryIndian LiteratureSouth Asian StudiesUtopian FictionWomen’s StudiesRokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 - 1932) was a Bengali Muslim writer and feminist activist who founded the first Muslim girls’ school in Calcutta in 1911.
language: English
title: Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones
titlecomplete: Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones (A Feminist Press Sourcebook)
genres: Classics, Asian Literature, Feminism, Historical, Short Stories, India, Gender, Fiction, Science Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 409
publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY