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The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa: Gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan by Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: 2023Description: xvi, 278p. cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781009201650
  • 9781009201681
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Voice of the Indian Mona LisaLOC classification:
  • DS461.9.B36 R55 2023
Other classification:
  • V237.M R3
Contents:
The Making of the "Indian Mona Lisa" -- The Queen and the Slave Girl -- Becoming the Prince's Concubine -- Synergy of the Literary Couple -- Legacy: Self-Fashioning and its Limits.
Summary: "Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-thani came to be acclaimed as "India's Mona Lisa," she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Making of the "Indian Mona Lisa" -- The Queen and the Slave Girl -- Becoming the Prince's Concubine -- Synergy of the Literary Couple -- Legacy: Self-Fashioning and its Limits.

"Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-thani came to be acclaimed as "India's Mona Lisa," she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved"-- Provided by publisher.

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