| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Islamic Humanities Ser.
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Islamic Humanities Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Girls education as a unifying discourse -- Forging sharif subjects -- Desirable and failed citizen-subjects -- The empowered girl -- Akbari and Asghari reappear -- Tracing storylines. |
| Summary |
"In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women's and girls' education by arguing that such advocacy is not simply about access to education but, more crucially, is concerned with molding girls into the kinds of subjects needed to advance societal projects such as nation building, modernization, and solidifying religious identity. Such concerns are often driven by material and cultural struggles for power. Thus, discourses around education for girls and women are sites for the construction not only of gender identity but also of class, religion, and the nation"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Education -- South Asia.
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Muslim women -- Education. |
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South Asia. |
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Muslim women -- South Asia.
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Muslim women. |
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Women -- South Asia -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- Forging the ideal educated girl. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520298408 (DLC) 2018000776 |
| ISBN |
9780520970533 (electronic book) |
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0520970535 (electronic book) |
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9780520298408 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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