Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness

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Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India
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Prelude: Opening the Door
	AZRA KIDWAI: THE GUIDING POINT
	“SPACES BECOME YOUR UNIVERSE”
	“LIVING CREATURES IN MY MIND”
	“THE (SHORT-LIVED) PLEASURES OF PAISAR”
	AZRA’S INVITATION
1 Texts, Spaces, Histories
	THE WOMAN QUESTION IN THE METROPOLIS AND THE COLONY
	THE DEBATE ON THE GIRL-CHILD/WOMAN
	THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
	PLAYFULNESS
2 The Woman of the Forest
	A PLAYFUL CONTEXT
	FOREST AND OUTSKIRTS
	FEMALE FIGURES IN INSHA’S TALE
	THE FUTURE OF INSHA’S TALE
3 The Woman of the School
	THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING
	SCHOOLGIRL
	TEXTBOOK FOR GIRLS
	SHIV PRASAD’S KAHANI THETH HINDI MEIN (THE STORY IN PURE HINDI)
4 The Woman of the Household
	RESUSCITATION OF RESPECTABILITY
	TEXTS OF REVITALIZATION
	THE CURRICULUM FOR A GIRL-CHILD’S EDUCATION
	MODEL WOMEN
5 The Woman of the Rooftops
	ASHRAF-UN-NISA’S ROOFTOPS
	ROKEYA’S LADYLAND
	FATIMA’S FORBIDDEN TERRACE
	THE EXTENDED WORLD OF THE GIRL-CHILD AND WOMAN
A Retrospect: In Pursuit of Playfulness
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