Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women
The article examines the influences of the Bengal Renaissance on the mind and sensibility of Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain and investigates how she systematically worked for the education of Bengali Muslim women in India to empower them and eventually pave the way for their social and cultural emancipation...
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| description | The article examines the influences of the Bengal Renaissance on the mind and sensibility of Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain and investigates how she systematically worked for the education of Bengali Muslim women in India to empower them and eventually pave the way for their social and cultural emancipation. The article seeks to locate Rokeya as a pioneering and heroic "feminist" writer before the emergence of feminism as a movement in British South Asia. |
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| spelling | iium-544232017-01-31T07:02:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54423/ Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women Quayum, Mohammad Abdul L Education (General) PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PK Indo-Iranian The article examines the influences of the Bengal Renaissance on the mind and sensibility of Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain and investigates how she systematically worked for the education of Bengali Muslim women in India to empower them and eventually pave the way for their social and cultural emancipation. The article seeks to locate Rokeya as a pioneering and heroic "feminist" writer before the emergence of feminism as a movement in British South Asia. Orient Blackswan 2016 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54423/1/54423_Inspired%20by%20the%20Bengal%20Renaissance.pdf Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2016) Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women. In: A Feminist Foremother: Critical Essays on Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. Orient Blackswan, India, pp. 45-65. ISBN 978-93-86296-00-9 http://www.orientblackswan.com/BookDescription?isbn=978-93-86296-00-9&id=19&t=c |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PK Indo-Iranian Quayum, Mohammad Abdul Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title | Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title_full | Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title_fullStr | Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title_short | Inspired by the Bengal Renaissance: Rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of Bengali (Muslim) women |
| title_sort | inspired by the bengal renaissance: rokeya's role in the education and emancipation of bengali (muslim) women |
| topic | L Education (General) PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PK Indo-Iranian |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/54423/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54423/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54423/1/54423_Inspired%20by%20the%20Bengal%20Renaissance.pdf |