Women of the Tagore Household

Author: Deb, Chitra

Brand: Penguin

Color: Blue

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 648

Release Date: 06-04-2010

model number: PB

Part Number: PENGUIN

Details: Product Description
Women of the Tagore Household portrays several generations of connoisseurs, aesthetes and lovers of literature who were nurtured under the umbrella of cultural richness and spiritual freedom that the extended family provided. We meet Rabindranath s wife Mrinalini and his sister-in-law Kadambari, who had considerable influence on the young poet; the progressive Jnandanandini who sailed alone to England in the nineteenth century, presenting to ordinary women a vision of courage and daring; and Sushama, who broke out of the confines of music, literature and culinary arts, to tread the path of women s empowerment. This book reveals hitherto unknown aspects of women s emancipation in Bengal in which the women of the Jarasanko Tagore family were at the forefront-Chandramukhi and Kadambini were the first two female graduates of India, Protiva opened up music and dramatics to women by preparing musical notations for Brahmo sangeet and Hindustani classical music, and Pragya s prefaces to her cookbooks are still considered storehouses of not only recipes but also homemaking skills.
About the Author
Chitra Deb was born in Purnea on 24 November 1943. She took her MA and PhD in Bengali Literature from Calcutta University. She has edited and translated a number of volumes, and also has a few children s books to her credit. She has researched and written extensively on the contribution of women in the social and cultural history of Bengal.

EAN: 9780143066057

Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English