Research Catalog

Title

The essential Rokeya : selected works of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Mohammad A. Quayum.

Author

Rokeẏā, Begama, 1880-1932

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Quayum, Mohammad A.

Description

xxxii, 198 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"In The Essential Rokeya, Mohammad A. Quayum brings together, for the first time, some of the best work by one of South Asia's earliest and most heroic feminist writers and activists, who was also a leading figure of the Bengal Renaissance in the nineteenth and early twentieth century -- Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932). This collection includes Rokeya's most popular story, Sultana's Dream, and some essays and letters written originally in English, as well as Quayum's own translation of several of her fiction and non-fiction works written originally in Bengali. This will enable readers outside Bangladesh and West Bengal to appraise and appreciate Rokeya's fundamental role in the feminist awakening in South Asia, especially among the Bengali Muslims of her time."--

Series Statement

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic World ; volume 13

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English
• Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 13.

Alternative Title

Works.

Subjects

• Women's rights
• Muslim women
• Literary collections
• Women's rights > Southeast Asia > Literary collections
• Muslim women > Southeast Asia > Literary collections
• Southeast Asia

Genre/Form

Literary collections.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A chronology of Rokeya's life -- Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain : a biographical essay -- Introduction -- Translated works -- From A string of pearls (Motichur), Vol. I (1904) -- Woman's downfall (Istrijatir abanati) -- The female-half (Ardhangi) -- Home (Griha) -- From A string of pearls (motichur), Vol. II (1922) -- The knowledge fruit (Gyanfal) -- The creation of woman (Nari-srishti) -- Nurse Nelly (Nurse Nelly) -- The theory of creation (Srishti-tawtho) -- The zenana women (Aborodhbashini; 1931) -- Uncollected works -- Essays -- Woman worship (Nari-puja) -- Bengal women's educational conference : (president's address) (Bongiyo nari-shikha samiti) -- The hidden jewel (Lukano ratan) -- The dawn (Subho sadeq) -- In a land of seven hundred schools (Satsho school-er desh-e) -- Short stories/humour -- The mysteries of love (Prem-rahasho) -- Three lazy men (Tin kurey) -- Marriage-crazy old men (Biya-pagla buro) -- Works in English -- Sultana's dream (1908) -- Essays -- God gives, man robs -- Educational ideals for the modern Indian girls -- Selected letters -- Letter 23 -- Letter 25 -- Letter 32 -- Letter 33 -- Letter 34 -- Letter 35 -- Letter 36 -- Letter 40 -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 16-3876

ISBN

• 9789004255852
• 9004255850
• 9004255877
• 9789004255876
• 9789004255876 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013023182

OCLC

851753977

Author

Rokeẏā, Begama, 1880-1932, author.

Title

The essential Rokeya : selected works of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Mohammad A. Quayum.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic World ; volume 13

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 13.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Quayum, Mohammad A., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3876