<p>The author argues that `Purdah' in early twentieth century Bengal meant far more than secluding women behind veils and walls; it entailed an all-encompassing ideology and code of conduct based on female modesty. Women's political activities, their class-specific existence as daughters, wives, mothers and widows as well as their education and employment are examined in this framework.</p>

Beyond Purdah?: Women in Bengal 1890-1939 (SOAS Studies on South Asia)

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Engels, Dagmar

Asia

School of Oriental and African Studies

Beyond Purdah?: Women in Bengal 1890-1930 (SOAS Studies on South Asia)

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Beyond Purdah?: Women in Bengal 1890-1930 (SOAS Studies on South Asia)