Zehra Kazmi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4237680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zehra Kazmi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zehra |
| FAMILY NAME | Kazmi |
| SIGNATURE | KAZMI Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of English, University of St. Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0912-1426 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Angel Undone
Zeenuth Futehally’s understudied Zohra (1951) has generated some renewed interest due to its representation of Muslim womanhood amidst political and cultural change in South Asia. I examine how the fading purdah system and redefined notions of sharafat (respectability) create a crisis of femininity for the protagonist. The destabilisation of sharafat reveals the tensions underlying the figure of the ‘new woman’ in South Asia. This article examine…
Introduction
Golden hour
This article explores how changing cityscapes of (post)colonial urban transition contribute to the creation of nostalgic longing in Twilight in Delhi and Sunlight on a Broken Column. Drawing from recent scholarship, it focuses on the memorialization of space and compares the ways in which narrative memory frames the perception of urbanization in both texts. Further, this study also examines the cultural location of this nostalgia and articulates …
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Golden hour
This article explores how changing cityscapes of (post)colonial urban transition contribute to the creation of nostalgic longing in Twilight in Delhi and Sunlight on a Broken Column. Drawing from recent scholarship, it focuses on the memorialization of space and compares the ways in which narrative memory frames the perception of urbanization in both texts. Further, this study also examines the cultural location of this nostalgia and articulates …
Angel Undone
Zeenuth Futehally’s understudied Zohra (1951) has generated some renewed interest due to its representation of Muslim womanhood amidst political and cultural change in South Asia. I examine how the fading purdah system and redefined notions of sharafat (respectability) create a crisis of femininity for the protagonist. The destabilisation of sharafat reveals the tensions underlying the figure of the ‘new woman’ in South Asia. This article examine…
Introduction
Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works)