{"product_id":"speaking-of-the-self-9780822359838","title":"Speaking of the Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia—from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists—construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors . . . present a significant corpus of scholarship relating to autobiography and gender which can apply broadly not only in South Asia but beyond. By carefully exploring important theoretical aspects and alternative examples of autobiography, the authors open new grounds and sources to critique autobiographical writing and methods.\" -- Niroshini Somasundaram * IIAS Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpeaking of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to understanding the complexities of representing the self by women . . . in South Asian cultures across regions and ages. It sensitizes the reader to the importance of the social, cultural, political, regional, and historical milieu in which the autobiographical narratives are played out.\" -- Monika Browarczyk * Biography *\u003cbr\u003e“These ten essays, along with a helpful introduction, come together to form an interesting and excellent collection. . . . All of these essays should be of interest to scholars and graduate students working on gender and women’s history in South Asia. Many would be useable within an undergraduate class on a wide range of related subjects.\" -- Judith Walsh * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South Asia \/ Anshu Malhotra and Siobhan Lambert-Hurley  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Negotiating Autobiography: Between Assertion and Subversion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Passion for Reading: The Role of Early Twentieth-Century Urdu Novels in the Construction of an Individual Female Identity in 1930s Hyderabad \/ Sylvia Vatuk  33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pentimento: The Self beneath the Surface \/ Ritu Menon  56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Interrupted Stories: The Self-Narratives of Nazr Sajjad Hyder \/ Asiya Alam  72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Kailashabashini Debi's Janaika Grihabadhur Diary: A Women \"Constructing\" Her \"Self\" in Nineteenth-Century Bengal? \/ Shudhra Ray  95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Forms and Modes of Self-Fashioning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Betrayal, Anger, and Loss: Women Write the Partition in Pakistan \/ Uma Chakravarti  121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tawa'if as Poet and Patron: Rethinking Women's Self-Representation \/ Shweta Sachdeva Jha  141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Masculine Modes of Female Subjectivity: The Case of Jahanara Begam \/ Afshan Bokhari  165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Destabilizing the Normative: The Heterogeneous Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Performing a Persona: Reading Piro's \u003ci\u003eKafis\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Anshu Malhotra  205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Heart of a Gopi: Raihana Tyabji's Bhakti Devotionalism as Self-Representation \/ Siobhan Lambert-Hurley  230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Performing Gender and Faith in Indian Theater Autobiographies \/ Kathryn Hansen  255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography  281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  305","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406090969431,"sku":"9780822359838","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822359838.jpg?v=1730494493","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speaking-of-the-self-9780822359838","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}