Frogs in a Well: Indian Women in Purdah |
Contents
Sexual Apartheid | 17 |
Priestly Power | 41 |
Hearth and Home | 65 |
Copyright | |
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Ahmad Amir Khusro bazar behaviour Boserup boys bride brothers clothes commented complaints concealment considered cooking daughters depend divorce domestic dowry dress duppatta economic elderly expected father female festivals gender guests Hazrat Nizamuddin Hindu honour household housework husband Ibid important in-laws income Indian Muslims Indian Women inside the village Islam Islam in India Khurshid Ahmad labour leave their homes London mahr male married Maududi menfolk menstruating Moharram mother Muslim women Nizamuddin Auliya Old Delhi older women Pakistan parents pilgrims pirzada women pollutions position of women Prophet purdah question Quran Sharif rarely relatives role seclusion of women separation sewing sexes sexual shame shrine sisters social society sons status Sufi Sufism Syed talk told tomb unmarried Urdu veils wealthy wear a burqa wear the burqa wedding wife wives woman women in India Women in Islam women living young women



