Title in ENGLISH : In this engagning and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the becoming of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, womens lives were dominated by the expectations of the male universal, articulated most clearly in household chores and domestic duties.

ISBN 13: 9789352904044

ISBN 10: 9352904044

Edition: Delhi

Year: 2019

Language: ENGLISH

Subject(s): History, Sociology