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007			Hard bound
008			110816s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780230340640
024			_a99948535847
082	0	0	_a891.43910099287 _222 _bVA-G
100	1		_aVanita, Ruth _956968
245	1	0	_aGender, sex and the city _bUrdu Rekhti poetry in India 1780-1870
260			_aNew York _bPalgrave Macmillan _c2012
300			_axii,296p. _c25 cm.
490	1		_aLiteratures and cultures of the Islamic world
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This book explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow, which was the center of a flourishing Indo-Islamic culture. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it became a catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal"--
650		0	_aUrdu Poetry _y18th century _xHistory and criticism. _956969
650		0	_aUrdu Poetry _y19th century _xHistory and criticism. _956970
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern _2bisacsh _956971
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies _2bisacsh _956972
650		7	_aRELIGION / Islam / General _2bisacsh _956973
830		0	_aLiteratures and cultures of the Islamic world. _956974
942			_2ddc _cBK _04
948	1		_a20120518 _bc _cdk2679 _dMPS
980			_f887603 _o1 _s72.45 _tglx _u2165B
999			_c21674 _d21674