Forging the Ideal Educated Girl : The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia /

"In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women's and girls' education by arguing that such...

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Main Author: Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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