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In addition to the general neglect of women writers, Urdu literary historiography in both English and Urdu has historically privileged north Indian and Pakistani writers while overlooking the many Urdus south of Bombay and Bhopal. Next to no work exists in English on the Urdu writers of Hyderabad, and only a handful of texts have been translated into Englishan astonishing neglect, considering their contribution to the study of gender, political cultures, and regional histories. Bibi's Room studies the lives and work of three women writers from Hyderabad who wrote in Urdu: Zeenath Sajida, Najma Nikhat, and Jeelani Bano. It addresses the absence of scholarship on Hyderabadi women writers in three ways: representative translations; short, nuanced biographies; and critical analyses of their oeuvresall framed against twentieth-century Hyderabadi history, politics, culture, and society.

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      Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9789354420641, 978-9354420641
      ISBN10: 9354420648
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In addition to the general neglect of women writers, Urdu literary historiography in both English and Urdu has historically privileged north Indian and Pakistani writers while overlooking the many Urdus south of Bombay and Bhopal. Next to no work exists in English on the Urdu writers of Hyderabad, and only a handful of texts have been translated into Englishan astonishing neglect, considering their contribution to the study of gender, political cultures, and regional histories. Bibi's Room studies the lives and work of three women writers from Hyderabad who wrote in Urdu: Zeenath Sajida, Najma Nikhat, and Jeelani Bano. It addresses the absence of scholarship on Hyderabadi women writers in three ways: representative translations; short, nuanced biographies; and critical analyses of their oeuvresall framed against twentieth-century Hyderabadi history, politics, culture, and society.

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