{"product_id":"9789356406001","title":"Women and the Romance of the Word 19th Century Contexts in Bengal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen and the Romance of the Word\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e19th Century Contexts in Bengal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSreemati Mukherjee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the middle of the 19th century, woman emerges as a new sign disrupting the cultural economy of Bengal and reversing and realigning conventional notions and expectations of woman's agency and power. The colonial interface would have been important because a need for women's overall development was felt amongst the male intelligentsia of the period and some of the key texts that circulated at the beginning of the 19th century were Mary Wollstonecraft's \u003ci\u003eVindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1792), Thomas Paine's \u003ci\u003eRights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1791), James Mill's \u003ci\u003eHistory of British India\u003c\/i\u003e (1817), Richard Carlile's \u003ci\u003eEvery Woman's Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1826) and William\u003cbr\u003eThompson's \u003ci\u003eAppeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, against the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretensions of the Other Half, Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1825). The inaugural moment of this outstanding efflorescence of women's writing in polemics, travel writing,\u003cbr\u003eautobiography and journal articles could be said to begin with Kailashbasini Devi's \u003ci\u003eHindu Mahilaganer Heenabastha \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Woeful Plight of Hindu Women\u003c\/i\u003e, 1863), in autobiographies like Rassundari Devi's \u003ci\u003eAmar Jiban\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, 1876) and Binodini Dasi's \u003ci\u003eAmar Katha\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMy Words\u003c\/i\u003e, 1913) and in personalised travelogues like Krishnabhabini Das's \u003ci\u003eEnglande Banga Mahila\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eA Bengali \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman in England\u003c\/i\u003e, 1885). As Kailashbasini, Rassundari, Krishnabhabini and Binodini write, the romance of the word, the romance of learning and self-realisation is enacted. A new dramatic script emerges as Bengali women become the scriptwriters of their own histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSreemati Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at Presidency University. Kolkata. Her areas of specialization are narrative theory, feminist theory and criticism, postcolonial theory, East-West dramatic theories, and 19th century musical forms of Bengal.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 August 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic India\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789356406001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e186\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223572283532,"sku":"9789356406001","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b9202696-87b1-49c0-8c20-2926d5949e59.jpg?v=1783077474","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789356406001","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}