02990nam a2200457 a 4500 ebr10516829 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090501s2009 nyu sb 001 0deng d 2009018153 9781433107122 (clothbound alk. paper) 1433107120 (clothbound alk. paper) 9781453904619 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774287269 a-ii--- f-ae--- PK2173.5.W65 R35 2009eb 809/.9338297082 22 Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi. Haram in the harem [electronic resource] : domestic narratives in India and Algeria / Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar. New York : Peter Lang, c2009. viii, 118 p. Postcolonial studies, 1942-6100 ; v. 8 Includes bibliographical references and index. Muslim women in colonial India : the importance of the proper housewife -- The Algerian resistance : non-combat women within the family fold -- The partition of India : women's bodies embody men's honor -- Multiple narratives in short fiction -- When real life and fiction converge -- Alternative domesticity in the South Asian Muslim zenna : "I am a realist" -- The sister-in-law and her husband's family : ' " --the complete housewife" -- Discovering homoerotic desire in the household of "The quilt" -- Conclusion -- "Severed sound" : the emotional sister in Assia Dejbar's Women of Algiers in their apartments -- Returning home in post-revolutionary Algeria : the absorbed female fighter -- Family politics in post-revolutionary Algeria : the absorbed widow -- Conclusion -- Between women and their bodies : male perspectives of female partition experiences -- Abducted female during partition : historical fact and literary figure -- Caught between the communal and the familial : "his only sister, his treasure" -- Conclusion -- Thematic intersections. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cu�g�ht�a��i, �I�smat, 1915-1991 Criticism and interpretation. �K�had�ijah Mast�ur, 1927-1982 Criticism and interpretation. Djebar, Assia, 1936- Criticism and interpretation. Muslim women in literature. Patriarchy in literature. Families in literature. Muslim women India Social conditions. Muslim women Pakistan Social conditions. Muslim women Algeria Social conditions. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Postcolonial studies (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 8. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516829 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 121360 121360