Sultana’s Dream
And Selections from the Secluded Ones
January 1993
Trade Paperback · 104 Pages
$12.95 U.S. · $15.50 CAN
ISBN 9780935312836
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Trade Paperback · 104 Pages
$12.95 U.S. · $15.50 CAN
ISBN 9780935312836
The Feminist Press at CUNY
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Description
Sultana’s Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia—a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world.
The Secluded Ones is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.
Suggested for course use in:
History
Indian Literature
South Asian Studies
Utopian Fiction
Women’s Studies
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880—1932) was a Bengali Muslim writer and feminist activist who founded the first Muslim girls’ school in Calcutta in 1911.
The Secluded Ones is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.
Suggested for course use in:
History
Indian Literature
South Asian Studies
Utopian Fiction
Women’s Studies
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880—1932) was a Bengali Muslim writer and feminist activist who founded the first Muslim girls’ school in Calcutta in 1911.