Atiya's Journeys

A Muslim Woman from Colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-806833-4
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

First Indian Muslim woman's account of the West
Significant resource for everyday life in late 19th and early 20th century Britain
Illustrated with forty-eight rare photographs

This is the original English translation of the first Indian Muslim woman's experiences in the 'West'. Atiya Fyzee's (1877-1967), travelogue-cum-diary was published in an Urdu journal and then in 1922 as a book Zamana-i-Tahsil. The narrative is unique as it moves away from formulaic European travelogues by Indian men and places particular emphasis on 'everyday' activities of women and subaltern classes, dimensions which appeal to general readers and researchers alike today. Alongside lively accounts of local elites and prominent Indians abroad, Atiya provides descriptions of their clothing, meals, servants, homes, and mannerisms. The lucid translation and 48 photographs-some of them rare, are accompanied by meticulous annotations to the narrative and an introduction that provides the context.

Zielgruppe

This book will interest teachers, students, and scholars interested in travel narratives, autobiographies, Urdu literature, gender studies and Muslims in South Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan

Sharma, Sunil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements; Frontispiece: The Tyabji Clan; Introduction;
Part I: The Life and Travels of Atiya Fyzee Rahamin;
1.: .A Life Dedicated to Learning and the Arts;
2.: Friendship and Notoriety, Shibli and Iqbal;
3.: . Empire, Society, Diasporic Communities;
4.: Narrating the Everyday;
5.: Conclusions: Travel,Biography, History;
Part II: A Time of Education;
1.: .Zamana-i-tahsil: A Translation;
Appendix 1: Family, Friends and Acquaintances in India and Britain;
Appendix 2: Extract from Iqbal (1947); Bibliography; Index

Über Autor(innen)

edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Dr, Loughborough University, Leicestershire U.K., and edited by Sunil Sharma, Dr, Boston University