Words to Win: The Making of Amar Jiban: Modern Autobiography - Couverture souple

Sarkar, Tanika

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9381017905 ISBN 13 : 9789381017906

Editeur : Zubaan, 2013

Synopsis

The first full-length autobiography in Bengali, Amar Jiban (My Life) was written in the early nineteenth century by an upper-caste rural housewife named Rashundari Debi. Published in 1868 when she was 88 years old, the book is a fascinating snapshot of life for women in the nineteenth century. Debi, who gave birth to eleven children--her first was born when she was 18-years-old, the last when she was forty-one--ruminates on her very individual understanding of bhakti as well as the new times that were unfolding around her.

Offering a translation of major sections of this remarkable autobiography, Words to Win is a portrait of a woman who wants to compose a life of her own, wishes to present it in the public sphere, and eventually accomplishes just that. The words, in the end, win out. First published in 1999, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in nineteenth-century Indian history. The classic text is reissued here in a new paperback format.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tanika Sarkar is professor of history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is also the author of Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, and Cultural Nationalism and Words to Win: The Making of "Amar Jiban," A Modern Autobiography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zubaan
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9381017905
• ISBN 13: 9789381017906
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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