Country | |
Publisher | |
ISBN | 9789352873906 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Bib. Info | xxi, 280p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography Includes Index. |
Product Weight | 530 gms. |
Shipping Charges(USD) |
An examination and critical analysis of the life-work and times of Behramji Merwanji Malabari (1853–1912)—Parsi social reformer, journalist, poet, proto ethnographer/anthropologist, travel writer, and a vital catalyst of change who did much to shape the national reform discourse—I am the Widow is an intellectual biography that compares and analyses his diverse writings and concerns individually, and in relation to each other. This exercise reveals a society in transition in the late nineteenth century, providing us with an understanding of this crucial and formative moment in Indian history. The book also evaluates Malabari’s lifelong commitment to working for the uplift of women, particularly widows, even as it explores the politics of representation and outlines some of the tensions that such a voicing of ‘women’s issues’ by male reformers such as Malabari entails.