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Atiya's journeys [electronic resource] : a Muslim woman from colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain / edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Sunil Sharma.
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xv, 307 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199080441 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Fyzee-Rahamin, Atiya Begum, 1876-1967 -- Travel -- Great Britain | Muslim women -- Travel -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910
| Great Britain -- Description and travelAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198068334DDC classification: 941.0823092 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This narrative moves away from formulaic European travelogues by Indian men and places particular emphasis on 'everyday' activities of women and subaltern classes. Alongside lively accounts of local elites and prominent Indians abroad, Atiya provides descriptions of their clothing, meals, servants, homes and mannerisms.
| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This narrative moves away from formulaic European travelogues by Indian men and places particular emphasis on 'everyday' activities of women and subaltern classes. Alongside lively accounts of local elites and prominent Indians abroad, Atiya provides descriptions of their clothing, meals, servants, homes and mannerisms.
Translated from the Urdu.
Description based on print version record.