Padmarag
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Padmarag is a pioneering early 20th-century Bengali feminist novel by Begum Rokeya that critiques patriarchy and advocates women's education and emancipation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language novel
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feminist literature ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
economic independence of women
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reform of patriarchal family structures ⓘ women's access to education ⓘ |
| author | Begum Rokeya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
domestic violence
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forced marriage ⓘ patriarchal norms ⓘ religious conservatism that restricts women ⓘ |
| genre |
feminist novel
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social reform novel ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacterType |
educated woman
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social reformer woman ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important text in history of Bengali feminism
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milestone in South Asian Muslim women's writing ⓘ used in academic studies of gender and colonial Bengal ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInstitution | Tarini Bhavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIdeologicalBasis | Islamic modernism as interpreted by Begum Rokeya ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | didactic fiction ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
Bengali-speaking readers
ⓘ
women in South Asia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary social reform movements in Bengal ⓘ |
| language | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Bengali feminist literature
ⓘ
social reform movement in Bengal ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of patriarchy
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female solidarity ⓘ gender equality ⓘ reform of purdah system ⓘ social justice ⓘ women's education ⓘ women's emancipation ⓘ women's rights ⓘ women's self-reliance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early articulation of Muslim women's rights in Bengal
ⓘ
pioneering feminist perspective in Bengali prose ⓘ utopian vision of a women-led community ⓘ |
| portrays |
women's shelter
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women-run educational institution ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Sultana's Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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