The world of Muslim women in colonial Bengal, 1876-1939

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This study provides information about the cultural and historical context of modernization of Muslim women belonging to the middle class in late 19th- and early 20th-century Bengal, and traces the emergence of the Muslim gentlewomen or
bhadramahilā.


About the Author


Sonia Nishat Amin, Ph.D. (1994), University of Dhaka, is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Dhaka. She has published extensively on women's history in Bengal and contributed to various anthologies on women, including
From the Seams of History (1995) and
Mind, Body and Society in Colonial Bengal (1996).