Portrayals of Women in Pakistan: An Analysis of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ’s Urdu Poetry

Réka Máté

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Portrayals of Women in Pakistan

An Analysis of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ’s Urdu Poetry

Réka Máté

Volume 45 in the series Studies on Modern Orient

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110741094

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About this book

This monograph examines the connection between progressivism and feminist movements in the Indian subcontinent, scrutinizing shifting portrayals of women in Fahmīdah Riyāẓ’s poetry at the time of her writing from a historical perspective, and the historical, political, social and personal influences reflected in her work and life.

Author / Editor information

Réka Máté, University of Erfurt, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Translation and Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Progressivism in Urdu literature in the Indian subcontinent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3 Feminism(s) – The problem of defining “a” feminism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4 Fahmīdah Riyāẓ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
5 47 selected Urdu poems of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Annexe A: Overview of topics, sub-themes, and main themes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Annexe B: List of Fahmīdah Riyāẓ’s poems with detailed sub-themes and topics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Annexe C: Main and sub-themes and topics of selected poems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Annexe D: Already translated poems from Fahmīdah Riyāẓ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Annexe E: Occurrence of topics in numbers and percentage (volumes and overall) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Annexe F: Occurrence of sub-themes in numbers and percentage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historiker/-innen, Wissenschaftler/-innen für Moderne Geschichte und Politik Südasiens, Indologie und Feminismus in Pakistan
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 274
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 9
- Tables: 43
Keywords: India; Pakistan; poetry; Urdu; feminism

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110741094

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110740707