Contemporary Muslim Girlhoods in India: A Study of Social Justice, Identity and Agency in Assam

by Saba M Hussain

Based on empirical research in India, this book presents a post-colonial feminist analysis of subjectivities available to Muslim girls and the ways in which they are inhabited and negotiated. Examining government education policies together with the narratives of teachers and parents, the author explores the manner in which gender, class, ethnicity and religion intersect both to confer certain subjectivities and to challenge or reinforce the conferred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367728354
• ISBN13: 9780367728359
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages