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010			_a 2016057674
020			_a9781107192768 (hardback : alkaline paper)
082	0	0	_a954.9103/5092 _aREZ/F
100	1		_aReza Pirbhai, M
245	1	0	_aFatima Jinnah :mother of the nation
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge university press _c2017
300			_aviii, 279 p. _billustrations ;
520			_aAlthough fifty years have passed since the death of Fatima Jinnah - author, activist and stateswoman known in Pakistan as the 'mother of the nation' - this is the first scholarly biography to tackle her life in full. Her background and contribution to Muslim nationalism under the British Raj, as well as her various efforts to consolidate the state, including a run for president in 1964, are told through previously untapped archival sources. Examining her life in the context of scholarship on South Asia and on women in Islam, Pirbhai assesses Fatima Jinnah's role through the theoretical lens of the colonial 'new woman'. This is essential reading for all those interested in modern South Asian and Islamic history, particularly the themes of gender and colonialism, the roots of Muslim nationalism and the early challenges facing the Pakistani state, as shown through the extraordinary lived experience of its most influential female activist.
650		0	_aWomen politicians
650		0	_aPoliticians
942			_cBK
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