Firdous Azim

Niaz Zaman

Short Stories by Bengali Women

Galpa

Short Stories by Women from Bangladesh

The Majority Of The Papers In This Anthology Are From The Symposium Organised In 1992 In Honour Of Marywollstonecraft, And A Majority Of Them Are On Women`S Writing In The Indian Sub-Continent, Largely Bangla Literature.

Women in Society and Literature

Infinite Variety

An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part. The relationship between Islam and women has always been seen as problematic, and by highlighting women’s negotiations with this religion, this volume seeks to understand the many and various strategies and connections that are made, and their political and cultural ramifications. By keeping an Asian focus, the authors also seek to understand the wide panorama that Islamic societies inhabit, and the manifold political and cultural expressions that ensue from this. The effort is not only to break the image of a monolithic structure and set of beliefs, but also to highlight on-the-ground negotiations, and the ways that women in particular find spaces within Islamic structures and discourses. This book was originally published as a special issue of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.

Complex Terrains

Islam, Culture and Women in Asia

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Simon Gikandi

Catherine Lynette Innes

Dennis Walder

Bryan Cheyette

English Association

Denise DeCaires Narain

Briar Wood

Essays on the contribution of African, Caribbean, Asian and diaspora writers to 'English' literature.

Reading the 'new' Literatures in a Postcolonial Era

In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essential reading for all teachers and students of English literature, women's studies, and post-colonial criticism.

The Colonial Rise of the Novel

Firdous Azim

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