Hidden Histories: Religion and Reform in South Asia

EDITOR – Syed Akbar Hyder and Manu Bhagavan

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The essays in this volume examine ‘hidden histories’ related to gender, religion, and reform in modern South Asia. Chapters from an array of eminent contributors examine Indo-Muslim cultures and political mobilization, literary aesthetics, and education, broadly defined. Dedicated to Gail Minault, a pioneering scholar of women’s history, Islamic reformation, and Urdu literature, this volume raises new questions about the role of identity in politics and public life, about memory and historical archives, and about innovative approaches to envisioning egalitarianism. it showcases interdisciplinary methodologies. Timely and thought provoking,this book will interest all who wish to understand how our diverse and plural pasts have informed our cosmopolitan present as we struggle to arrive at a better future for all.

The Editors
Syed Akbar Hyder is Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the director of the Hindi-Urdu Flagship Program. His research focuses on South Asian literature, aesthetics, and popular culture. Among his publications is Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory.
Manu Bhagavan is Professor of History and Human Rights at Hunter College and the Graduate Ceter-CUNY. He is the author of The Peacemakers (2012) and Sovereign Spheres (2003), and the co-editor of 3 other books. His Quartz essay on global authoritarianism went viral internationally and was translated into German as the lead, cover article of the May 2016 Berliner Republik magazine. He is the recipient of a 2006 Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and is an elected member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He regularly appears in the media to comment on global affairs.

The essays in this volume examine ‘hidden histories’ related to gender, religion, and reform in modern South Asia. Chapters from an array of eminent contributors examine Indo-Muslim cultures and political mobilization, literary aesthetics, and education, broadly defined. Dedicated to Gail Minault, a pioneering scholar of women’s history, Islamic reformation, and Urdu literature, this volume raises new questions about the role of identity in politics and public life, about memory and historical archives, and about innovative approaches to envisioning egalitarianism. it showcases interdisciplinary methodologies. Timely and thought provoking,this book will interest all who wish to understand how our diverse and plural pasts have informed our cosmopolitan present as we struggle to arrive at a better future for all.

The Editors
Syed Akbar Hyder is Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the director of the Hindi-Urdu Flagship Program. His research focuses on South Asian literature, aesthetics, and popular culture. Among his publications is Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory.
Manu Bhagavan is Professor of History and Human Rights at Hunter College and the Graduate Ceter-CUNY. He is the author of The Peacemakers (2012) and Sovereign Spheres (2003), and the co-editor of 3 other books. His Quartz essay on global authoritarianism went viral internationally and was translated into German as the lead, cover article of the May 2016 Berliner Republik magazine. He is the recipient of a 2006 Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and is an elected member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He regularly appears in the media to comment on global affairs.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List Of Editors And Contributors Ix-X
Acknowledgements Xi
Introduction Manu Bhagavan And Syed Akbar Hyder Xiii-Xix
How Maulana Jamal Mian Became Pakistani Francis Robinson 1-26
Belonging And The Beginning Of The Past In Pakistan Amber Abbas 27-48
Timely Disguises: Fantasizing Civility On The Frontier Between India And Europe Shahzad Bashir 49-68
Obeying God, Obeying Men: The Feminist Discourse Of Dr Farhat Hashmi A. Azfar Moin 69-90
Syed Ahmad’s Problems With Women David Lelyveld 91-108
Intimacy And Marriage In Urdu Advice Literature, 1900–1910 Asiya Alam 109-122
Secluded Sovereign: Islam And Women’s Empowerment In Nineteenth-Century India Barbara Metcalf 123-144
Raja Bhagvatsinh And Rani Nandkunvarba Of Gondal: ‘Valiant Champions Of Female Emancipation’ Aarti Bhalodia 145-158
The Maharaja Grants The Brahman A Boon: The Subordination Of History To Myth Leah Renold 159-178
The Case Of The ‘Holy Dacoit’ C.M. Naim 179-190
From Despair To Divinity: Legacies Of Sadat Hasan Manto And Yās Yagānah Changezī Syed Akbar Hyder 191-222
Learning For The Glory Of God V. ‘Useful’ Knowledge: A Scholarly Muslim Family And Western Schooling In Nineteenth-Century Madras Sylvia Vatuk 223-258
Charismatic Cubs: The Tiger As A Pet Julie E. Hughes 259-281
A Tribute To Gail Minault Ishrat Afreen, Max Bruce, Imran Khan 283-289
A List Of Gail Minault’s Publications 291-296
Index 297-306