Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

di Ruby Lal (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2005

In a fascinating and innovative study, first published in 2005, Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, the author reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs in the 'inner' chambers as well as the 'outer' courts. Using Ottoman and Safavid histories as a counterpoint, she demonstrates the richness, ambiguity and particularity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalisation and imperial excellence.

• Autore: Ruby Lal
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Anno: 2005
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 260 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 550 gr.
• EAN: 9780521850223

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