Women and girls in the Hindi public sphere
Subtitle: periodical literature in colonial North India
By: Shobna Nijhawan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780199080922; 9780198074076
Subjects: Women in mass media; Hindu women; Women's periodicals; Periodicals; Publishing; History; Femmes dans les médias; Hindoues; Presse féminine; Entreprises de presse; Histoire
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Figures and Boxes; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Note on Transliteration and Translation; title: Part One Women's and Girls' Periodicals:1 The Periodical as a Genre An Introduction; title: 2 Women's Periodicals; title: 3 Girls' Periodicals; title: 4 Genre and Domesticity; title: 5 Hindi and the Question of Comprehensibility; title: 6 Conclusion; title: Part Two A Reader: Editorials and Readers' Letters; title: Essays, Speeches, and Advice texts; title: (Auto) biographical Accounts, Fiction, and Poetry; title: Advertisements and Book; title: Reviews; title: Conclusion; title: Primary Sources; title: Index