Rika Maria Pauwels, Heidi,  1963- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781009201650 9781009201681 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> TB 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2022058984 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bani Thani, active 1750. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courtesan--India--Kishangarh--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kishangarh (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.<br/>Kishangarh (Princely State)--Intellectual life--18th century.<br/>Rajasthan (India)--Intellectual life--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS461.9.B36  / R55 2023