The Lost Heer Women Colonial Punjab History Harleen Singh English Book Gift MD34
Author: Harleen Singh
Pages + Binding: 503 Pages, Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Language: English
Edition: Penguin Viking Edition
ISBN: 9780670098750
Size: Approx. 22cm x 14cm x 5cm
Weight: Approx. 712g
Location Ref: MD34
๐ Description
The Lost Heer โ Women in Colonial Punjab by Harleen Singh is a powerful and deeply researched study of forgotten womenโs voices in colonial Punjab.
This substantial 503-page academic work explores the intersection of gender, colonialism, nationalism and literary culture in Punjab. Through archival records, memoirs, folklore and oral histories, Harleen Singh reconstructs the lives, struggles and political agency of Punjabi women in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The book examines:
โข Womenโs participation in political movements
โข Colonial social reforms and gender debates
โข Literary and cultural transformations
โข Partition memory and oral narratives
โข Nationalism and womenโs activism
Written in an accessible yet scholarly style, this hardcover with dust jacket edition is an important contribution to Sikh studies, Punjabi history, womenโs studies and South Asian colonial history.
A substantial research volume ideal for scholars, postgraduate students and serious collectors of Punjab history.
๐ Ideal For
โข Sikh and Punjab history readers
โข Womenโs history researchers
โข Academic institutions
โข Gender studies students
โข Collectors of research books
๐ฆ Condition
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Excellent condition
Carefully packed for safe dispatch
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