Sultana's Dream

by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Overview

The female narrator of Sultana's Dream wanders into a dream city that shuns war and violence. In this utopian world, women rule and men are content with their places in the kitchen. The queen of this kingdom explains how women won and kept their peace against men and their war-like ways.

This edition of a feminist utopian classic is a conversation across time; Durga Bai, a contemporary tribal woman artist from Central India, brings her own vision to bear on a Muslim gentlewoman's radical tale

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161179383
Publisher:	Barsoom Publisher
Publication date:	04/13/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	201 KB

About the Author

Begum Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, popularly known as Begum Rokeya, was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabondh, Mithapukur, Rangpur, in what was then the British Indian Empire and is now Bangladesh.

Begum Rokeya was an inspiring figure who contributed much to the struggle to liberate women from the bondage of social malaises. Her life can be seen in the context of other social reformers within what was then India. To raise popular consciousness, especially among women, she wrote a number of articles, stories and novels, mostly in Bengali.

Editorial Reviews

Really bold subject considering when and where it was written. The blurb says pretty much all, so I won't get into details; it's a 10 minutes reading anyway.

BookReads Blog - Claudia C.