A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women : the Myth and the RealityTrentham Books, 1999 - 150 pages "The interviews with women living in Karachi, Delhi and other cities on the Subcontinent and working as teachers, or in finance, retailing and the garment industry, make illuminating reading. Interviews with Asian women in a northern English town illustrate that migration has created more new problems for Asian women than it has solved."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... cremated in 1839 during the Moghul Raj , four of his wives and seven concubines were burnt with him . Sati , like purdah , was not uniformly followed by all women expected to bear sat . Voices of dissent from women and men were raised ...
... cremated in 1839 during the Moghul Raj , four of his wives and seven concubines were burnt with him . Sati , like purdah , was not uniformly followed by all women expected to bear sat . Voices of dissent from women and men were raised ...
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A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women--the Myth and the Reality Sitara Khan Affichage d'extraits - 1999 |
A Glimpse Through Purdah: Asian Women : the Myth and the Reality Sitara Khan Affichage d'extraits - 1999 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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