Muslim widows in India

[Peter Wyzlic]

Am 06.12.2008 um 22:14 schrieb Ute Huesken:
>
> a student asked me for literature on the situation of Muslim women  
> in India, compared to Hindu women, specifically on widows.
> Is there any literature out there on that topic?

This year, there came out a big bibliographical work on Muslim women  
in India (or rather: South Asia) that may help:

Aftab, Tahera: Inscribing South Asian muslim women : an annotated  
bibliography & research guide / by Tahera Aftab. - Leiden ; Boston :  
Brill, 2008. - xl, 616 p. - (Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch  
der Orientalistik. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ; vol. 91). -  
ISBN 978-90-04-15849-8 / 90-04-15849-9 (Hardback)
URL: http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=18007

All the best
Peter Wyzlic

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Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften
Abteilung für Indologie
Universität Bonn
Regina-Pacis-Weg 7
53113 Bonn