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Bras are not for burning: the bra and young urban women in Delhi and Bombay
No full textScholars have analysed the meanings of western outer-clothes worn by women in India, however these studies seldom discuss the semi-hidden bra. Whereas the panty through the ‘Pink Chaddis’ campaign has been used as a symbolic tool of female power and resistance in India, the power meanings of the bra remain ambiguous. Bras have not been discussed as symbolic markers of female empowerment like chaddis, nor can be assumed objects of male oppression as in the history of western feminism.This chapter explores the bra and its proximity to young (18–24 year old) urban Indian women’s bodies; the ambiguity of its hidden yet publicly viewed nature which discloses tensions of the sexualised female body and changing ideals of Indian femininities that outer western garments cannot always reveal. I discuss how the bra lends insight into Indian women’s bodies as paradoxical spaces of public and private power as India begins to rapidly urbanise. A power-play between that of an increase in the moral policing of urban Indian women’s sartorial identities and the emerging bi-cultural youth identities resisting these moral codes of dressing.Taken from a qualitative study between 2010–2014, the author discusses how the bra in India centres on the discourse of shame and the anxieties of western modernity recycled from the Indian independence movement. Author reveals how patriarchal codes of shame are questioned by the symbolic meanings of power that young urban Indian women attach to their bras
GULBADAN BEGUM : KONTRIBUSINYA DALAM KESULTANAN MUGHAL (929-1011 H/1523-1603 M)
No full textThis study aims to analyze and see how Gulbadan Begum\u27s contribution to the Mughal Sultanate. This research is a qualitative research and uses a historical methodology through library research based on a comparison of the data obtained and processed by the author, and describes what Gulbadan Begum did during the reign of Sultan Humayun and Sultan Akbar, and contributions to science. knowledge. The results of this study resulted in some of the best policies for the palace of the Mughal Sultanate. In addition, several scientists appeared in the Mughal Sultanate who made when Sultan Akbar ruled it was written that his era was the era of the pride of the Mughal SultanatePenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis serta melihat bagaimana Kontribusi Gulbadan Begum dalam Kesultanan Mughal. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian Kualitatif dan menggunakan metodologi sejarah melalui studi pustaka (Library Research) berdasarkan perbandingan data-data yang telah di didapatkan dan diolah oleh penulis, dan memaparkan apa saja yang telah Gulbadan Begum semasa ketika Sultan Humayun, dan Sultan Akbar berkuasa, dan kontribusi dalam ilmu pengetahuan. Adapun hasil dari penelitian ini menghasilkan beberapa kebijakan yang terbaik untuk istana Kesultanan Mughal. Selain itu juga muncul beberapa ilmuwan-ilmuwan di Kesultanan Mughal yang membuat ketika Sultan Akbar memimpin dituliskan bahwa era nya adalah era keemasan Kesultanan Mugha
Coping with floods : the experience of rural women in Bangladesh : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University
No full textThis study focuses on how rural women in Bangladesh, who live in the poorest sector of one of the poorest countries in the world, cope with floods. It seeks to explain the principal factors structuring their responses. It addresses several related questions: how do women perceive and experience floods? What problems do they face and how do they respond to them? Arc they merely the passive victims of floods or do they play an active role in protecting their households? Do all women use the same coping strategies? Are the major parameters of rural society changed as a consequence of the way in which women cope with floods? In responding to these questions a sociological perspective is adopted but not to the exclusion of other approaches. However, it is the social and sociological aspects of the phenomena being explored which are of most concern to the author. The occurrence of floods in Bangladesh is as old as its history but over the last 40 years (1954-1995) the problem has become greatly aggravated and is now one of the main concerns of most rural households, life in which is precarious even in non-flood conditions. These problems affect women more severely than men because of the wider range of responsibilities that they have for their households and the fact that those responsibilities keep them tied to their households more strictly and more effectively than those of male members. Those responsibilities include food processing and cooking, cleaning, collecting water and fuel, bearing and rearing children, looking after livestock and income generation, all of which become much more difficult to perform under flood conditions. Despite this heavy burden, which women bear in extremely difficult circumstances, they demonstrate considerable fortitude and ingenuity in their attempts to maintain the livelihoods of their households. Explanation of these phenomena is sought in the economic, cultural and political structure of the country. Factors stressed in this study are the male-dominated structures of a predominantly conservative and Muslim society; the dominance of parda in the sub-culture of women and the position of women within the socio-economic context of their households
The Begum\u27s Millions
No full textVerne\u27s first cautionary tale about the dangers of science ― first modern and corrected English translation.
When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah\u27s fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. François Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne\u27s first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants. Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum\u27s Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition.https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/worldlanguages_books/1018/thumbnail.jp
Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh
No full textThe author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women's needs are taken into account when planning and delivering relief work.
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Book - Imrana Begum, The Impact of the Afghan-Soviet War on Pakistan, Oxford, 2017
No full textImrana Begum, The Impact of the Afghan-Soviet War on Pakistan, Oxford, 2017 Since December 1979, when Soviet troops first entered Afghanistan, the country has remained a focal point in regional and global politics. With a focus on the 1980s, The Impact of the Afghan-Soviet War on Pakistan delves into both Afghanistan’s history and the involvement of superpowers in shaping its present situation. Through the investigation of a complex and highly politicized war, the author demonstrates the di..
Concerning Begum Akhtar: ''Queen of Ghazal''
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Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permissionThis thesis focusses on the life and work of one of India's most famous female singers, Begum Akhtar (1914-1974). On the one hand, it provides a brief biography and a summary of her musical accomplishments; particular attention is paid to her contributions to the genre for which she was most renowned, a musical-poetic form known as the underbar ghazal. Further to this, however, the thesis examines the manner in which the establishment of and alterations in gender roles and hierarchies, in coordination with other power relationships-- particularly those involving class and patronage shifts, moral issues, ethnic/religious concerns, and nationalist versus colonialist ideologies--affected her life and work, as well as attitudes regarding the woman and her art.Akhtar lived through a period of rapid and structural change in Indian society. Her life overlapped the transitional period in India from the pre-independence era of anti-colonial struggle to the early years of independence. Like other professional women of her class she was, coincidentally, a product of these changing times, an agent of transformation, and one of the victims. Throughout the latter part of her life Begum Akhtar bore the anguish of being caught between two moral standards, one consistent with her early role as a bai (courtesan singer) under nawabi feudal patronage, and the other with her later status as a begam in democratic India. Her dilemma, while personal, was at the same time that of a nation which, under the burden of colonial influence--in the quest for a new image and a socio-cultural, political, economic and moral restructuring--was attempting the excision of a crucial component of its own artistic self."This work presents both the dominant discourse and an alternate reading regarding a transitional period in the history of modern India, and the role that women (and particularly ""professional"" women) played within that; and it does so through a focus on the life and art of one of the leading female musical figures of the era."Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:22:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords
No full textEssential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R (on the application of Begum (By her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher, Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, House of Lords. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.</p
THE ARTISTIC APPROACH TO THE FILM "OCELOVÉ MĚSTO" BASED ON JULES VERNE´S NOVEL "LES CINQ CENTS MILLIONS DE LA BEGUM"
No full textTheoretical part of this thesis examines the most significant adaptations of Jules Verne´s novels into feature films. From the beginning of cinematography until present days the author describes different artistical approaches during the 20th century around the whole world. The main part of this thesis is an artistic concept of the movie based on Verne´s novel "Ocelové město" (Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum). It contains description of the whole idea and author´s proposal for a design introduced in form of paintings based on specific scenes from the novel
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