Purdah: An Anthology

by Eunice de Souza (editor)

This anthology brings together literature on the subject of purdah in terms of seclusion, feminine modesty, rights of women, etc. and the way seclusion affected issues of health, education, and relationships. Focussing on purdah as a lived experience, it attempts to find answers to these
issues through 19th and 20th century texts written in English, Urdu, Bengali, and Marathi by men and women, Indian and foreign scholars. It includes reformist texts, personal accounts, biographies, novels, poems, satire, essays, depictions of purdah in films, etc.

500 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2004

About the author

Eunice de Souza (1940–2017) was an Indian English language poet, literary critic and novelist.
Among her notable books of poetry are Women in Dutch painting (1988), Ways of Belonging (1990), Nine Indian Women Poets (1997), These My Words (2012), and Learn From The Almond Leaf (2016). She published two novels, Dangerlok (2001), and Dev & SImran (2003), and was also the editor of a number of anthologies on poetry, folktales, and literary criticism.