Domesticity and power in the early Mughal world Ruby Lal

By:

Lal, Ruby

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilizationPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: xv, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521145541

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.742 LAL

Contents:

A genealogy of the Mughal haram -- The question of the archive : the challenge of a princess's memoir -- The making of Mughal court society -- Where was the haram in a peripatetic world? -- Settled, sacred, and all-powerful : the new regime under Akbar -- Settled, sacred, and "incarcerated" : the imperial haram -- -

Summary: 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, she reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs. Combining Ottoman and Safavid histories, she demonstrates the richness as well as ambiguity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalization and imperial excellence.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	306.742 LAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36419

A genealogy of the Mughal haram --
The question of the archive : the challenge of a princess's memoir --
The making of Mughal court society --
Where was the haram in a peripatetic world? --
Settled, sacred, and all-powerful : the new regime under Akbar --

Settled, sacred, and "incarcerated" : the imperial haram --
-

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, she reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs. Combining Ottoman and Safavid histories, she demonstrates the richness as well as ambiguity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalization and imperial excellence.

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