The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905

by Meredith Borthwick

Book Overview

Basing her work on Bengali-language sources, such as women's journals, private papers, biographies, and autobiographies, Meredith Borthwick approaches the lives of women in nineteenth-century Bengal from a new standpoint. She moves beyond the record of the heated debates held by men of this period--over matters such as widow burning, child marriage, and female education--to explore the effects of changes in society on the lives of women and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691653836
• ISBN13: 9780691653839
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"