ISBN:
9780520298408
,
9780520970533
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 202 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Islamic humanities 1
Series Statement:
Islamic humanities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- author Forging the ideal educated girl
DDC:
370.8422
Keywords:
Muslim women Education
;
Muslim women
;
Women Social conditions
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
Girls education as a unifying discourse -- Forging sharif subjects -- Desirable and failed citizen-subjects -- The empowered girl -- Akbari and Asghari reappear -- Tracing storylines
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
