The World Of Muslim Women In Colonial Bengal: 1876-1939
Today our topic of discussion is Patriarchy And The Muslim Family . Patriarchy And The Muslim Family Theoretically, Islam affirmed the potential equality of the sexes, so the roots of gender inequality in Muslim society had to be…
Today our topic of discussion is Structure Of The Traditional Family . Structure Of The Traditional Family The family the central arena of the private sphere peopled by denizens who were not supposed to be seen, let alone…
Today our topic of discussion is Context Of The Reform Movement . Context Of The Reform Movement The women’s question in the latter half of the nineteenth century had to be formulated in a society where the process…
Today our topic of discussion is Tradition and Modernity . Tradition and Modernity The emergence of a new female personality in colonial Bengal was an impor- tant episode in the social and cultural history of this region and a…
Today our topic of discussion is Inheritance in Traditional Family . Inheritance in Traditional Family Some of the concerns of the Hindu reform movement, led by men such as Rammohun Roy and Vidyasagar, did not affect the Muslim…
Today our topic of discussion is Sexuality In Islamic Ideology . Sexuality In Islamic Ideology The Islamic discourse on sexuality had been formulated over centuries in several classical texts which included Bukhari’s Al-Jami al-Sahih (taught in the Bengal…
Today our topic of discussion is The Traditional Family Sexuality . The Traditional Family Sexuality As early as the eighteenth century in Bengal there were various texts dealing exclusively with conjugal aspects of life, apart from chapters on…
Today our topic of discussion is The Practice Of Polygamy . The Practice Of Polygamy Islamic scriptures allowed polygamy in the exclusive sense of polygyny quite clearly although as some Koranic scholars writing at that time pointed out…
Today our topic of discussion is Marital Rights And Duties . Marital Rights And Duties In Brahmo as in Islamic discourse, the ideal marriage was possible only if the wife submitted to the husband and considered him next…
Today our topic of discussion is Rise Of Formal Education . Rise Of Formal Education Changes in the institution of the family at the beginning of the twentieth century were not isolated from the changes occurring in other…
