The voice of the Indian Mona Lisa : gender and culture in eighteenth-century Rajasthan / Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels, (University of Washington).

Author/creator Rika Maria Pauwels, Heidi, 1963- author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxvi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Bani Thani, active 1750.
Courtesan--India. --Kishangarh. --Biography.
Kishangarh (India)--Intellectual life. --18th century.
Kishangarh (Princely State)--Intellectual life. --18th century.
Rajasthan (India)--Intellectual life. --18th century.

Contents The Making of the "Indian Mona Lisa" -- The Queen and the Slave Girl -- Becoming the Prince's Concubine -- Synergy of the Literary Couple -- Legacy: Self-Fashioning and its Limits.
Abstract "Through literary and art-historical analysis, Pauwels brings to life the vibrant cultural production center of Kishangarh in the eighteenth century. Reconstructing how Bani-thani came to be acclaimed as "India's Mona Lisa," she conveys new insights in the history of Hindi literature, devotion, palace women, and social mobility of the enslaved"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Rika Maria Pauwels, Heidi. Voice of the Indian Mona Lisa Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009201698
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2022058984
ISBN9781009201650
ISBN1009201654
ISBN9781009201681 (paperback)
ISBN1009201689
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