Gender, Sex, and the City

Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780-1870

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: R. Vanita ISBN: 9781137016560
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: R. Vanita
ISBN: 9781137016560
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal.

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Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal.

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