Hidden Histories: Religion and Reform in South Asia
EDITOR – Syed Akbar Hyder and Manu Bhagavan
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- Year : 2018
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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 |