The Silence That Speaks

The Silence That Speaks Short Stories by Indian Muslim Women

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Publisher's Synopsis

This ground-breaking anthology brings together 38 short stories culled from over a century of writing by Muslim women from colonial and postcolonial India. Selected from different Indian languages, it includes fascinating stories by celebrated and emerging authors. It also excavates stories from early women's journals such as Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, Saogat, and Indian Ladies' Magazine. Written in different styles, modes, and forms, the stories deconstruct cultural essentialism often involved in imagining Muslim womanhood and reflect upon the diversity of imagined and lived experiences. They challenge sundry labels, explore intersections of identities, debunk several myths, and demonstrate how the authors navigate the world of voices and silences. Ranging from imaginary geographies to topographies of Muslim ghettos, most of these powerful stories narrate the spaces that Muslim women inhabit, and delineate their courage, desires, freedom, struggle, and myriad subjectivities.

Book information

ISBN: 9780190132613
Publisher: OUP India
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.831
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 500
Weight: 488g
Height: 222mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 25mm