DOMESTICITY AND POWER IN THE EARLY MUGHAL WORLD by Ruby Lal ( 9780521850223 )

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DOMESTICITY AND POWER IN THE EARLY MUGHAL WORLD

By:

Ruby Lal

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521850223

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9780521850223

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 September, 2005

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Pages:

260

Description:

This 2005 book looks at domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century.

Synopsis:

In a fascinating and innovative study, first published in 2005, Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, the author reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs in the 'inner' chambers as well as the 'outer' courts. Using Ottoman and Safavid histories as a counterpoint, she demonstrates the richness, ambiguity and particularity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalisation and imperial excellence.

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6 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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