The Begum’s Zubaan : the construct of an emotional community through the language and representation of female emotion

• Main Author: Sarah Farheenshah Begum Mohd Sultan
• Other Authors: Jessica Bridgette Hinchy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69745
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There exists a dichotomy between religion and social function behind the practice of the purdah evident in the matriarch rule of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum. Her adaptation of the idealized values of Muslim women through her rule is apparent in her written accounts both personal and published which doc...