Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

AvRuby Lal

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Del i serien Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-09-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521850223

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Ruby Lal is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and History at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on issues of gender relations in Islamic societies in the pre-colonial world.

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'Arguably this is the most important book to appear on Mughal history for a generation … Lal has rescued the engagement of women with the world from a patriarchal and orientalist historiography which hid it from view.' Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. A genealogy of the Mughal haram; 3. The question of the archive: the challenge of a princess's memoir; 4. The making of Mughal court society; 5. Where was the haram in a peripatetic world?; 6. Settled, sacred, and all-powerful: the new regime under Akbar; 7. Settled, sacred, and 'incarcerated': the imperial haram; 8. Conclusion.