domestic narratives in India and Algeria Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. nyu New York Peter Lang c2009 2009 monographic eng

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viii, 118 p. 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. Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. a-ii--- f-ae--- 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 PK2173.5.W65 R35 2009eb 809/.9338297082 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516829 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516829 CaPaEBR 090501 ebr10516829