Intimate class acts : friendship and desire in Indian and Pakistani women's fiction /
In this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in Ind...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi, India :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in India and Pakistan are revealed in this text. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199087228 0199087229 |