Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels (University of Washington)

The Voice of the Indian Mona Lisa

Gender and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Rajasthan

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Produktbeschreibung

Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-?hani came to be acclaimed as 'India's Mona Lisa,' she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 309
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781009201650
• ISBN-10: 1009201654
• Artikelnr.: 67000359

Autorenporträt

Heidi Pauwels is Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The making of the 'Indian Mona Lisa'
2. The queen and the slave girl
3. Becoming the prince's concubine
4. Synergy of the literary couple
5. Legacy: Self-fashioning and its limits
Conclusions.