Fyzee-Rahamin, Atiya Begum, 1876-1967.

Atiya's journeys a Muslim woman from colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain / [electronic resource] : edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Sunil Sharma. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 307 p.) : ill.

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.

9780199080441 (ebook) : No price


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 travel.

CT1508.F98 / L36 2010

941.0823092