The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa: Gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan
Rika Maria Pauwels, Heidi, 1963-
The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa: Gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan - Cambridge, UK; New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2023. - xvi, 278p. cm
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"--
9781009201650 9781009201681
TB
2022058984
Bani Thani, active 1750.
Courtesan--India--Kishangarh--Biography.
Kishangarh (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.
Kishangarh (Princely State)--Intellectual life--18th century.
Rajasthan (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.
DS461.9.B36 / R55 2023
The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa: Gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan - Cambridge, UK; New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2023. - xvi, 278p. cm
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"--
9781009201650 9781009201681
TB
2022058984
Bani Thani, active 1750.
Courtesan--India--Kishangarh--Biography.
Kishangarh (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.
Kishangarh (Princely State)--Intellectual life--18th century.
Rajasthan (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.
DS461.9.B36 / R55 2023