Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World - Ruby Lal - Cambridge, 2005
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Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World
di Ruby Lal
Editore: Cambridge University Press
EAN: 9780521615341
ISBN: 0521615348
Pagine: 260
Formato: Paperback
In a fascinating and innovative study, Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, the author reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs in the 'inner' chambers as well as the 'outer' courts. Using Ottoman and Safavid histories as a counterpoint, she demonstrates the richness, ambiguity and particularity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalisation and imperial excellence.