Forging the Ideal Muslim Girl: Education and the Production of Desirable Subjects in Colonial India and Pakistan

220 Pages·2018·12.308 MB·English

by  Shenila Khoja-Moolji

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ISLAMIC HUMANITIES
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1. F orging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia, by
Shenila Khoja-Moolji
Forging the Ideal Educated Girl

Forging the Ideal
Educated Girl
The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia
Shenila Khoja-Moolji
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Suggested citation: Khoja-Moolji, S. Forging the Ideal E ducated Girl: The
Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia. Oakland: University of
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, author.
Title: Forging the ideal educated girl : the production of desirable subjects
   in Muslim South Asia / Shenila Khoja-Moolji.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] |
   Series: Islamic humanities ; 1 | Includes bibliographical references and
   index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018000776 (print) | LCCN 2018005177 (ebook) | ISBN
   9780520970533 () | ISBN 9780520298408 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Muslim women —Education—South Asia. | Muslim women—South
   Asia. | Women—South Asia—Social conditions.
Classification: LCC LC2410.5 (ebook) | LCC LC2410.5 .K56 2017 (print) | DDC
   370.8422—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018000776
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For my beloved MHI

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1. Girls’ Education as a Unifying Discourse 1
2. Forging Sharif Subjects 23
3. Desirable and Failed Citizen-Subjects 60
4. The Empowered Girl 97
5. Akbari and Asghari Reappear 124
6. Tracing Storylines 145
Notes 159
Bibliography 181
Index 195