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01874aam a22003854a 4500 001 D9204CCEC4D411E18910E79C6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120703010241 008 110816s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011034093 020 $a 0230340644 (hardback) 020 $a 9780230340640 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)744287262 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BWX $d IG# $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a PK2168 $b .V36 2012 082 00 $a 891.4/3910099287 $2 23 084 $a REL037000 $a SOC032000 $a REL037000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Vanita, Ruth. 245 1 $a Gender, sex, and the city : $b Urdu RekhtiÌ poetry in India, 1780-1870 / $c Ruth Vanita. 260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2012. 300 $a xii, 296 p. ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world 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"-- Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Urdu Poetry $y 18th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Urdu Poetry $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a RELIGION / Islam / General $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228054259.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D9204CCEC4D411E18910E79C6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search