Priya Atwal
Autore di Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire
Opere di Priya Atwal
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1992-03-20
- Sesso
- female
- Nazione (per mappa)
- United Kingdom
- Luogo di residenza
- United Kingdom
- Istruzione
- University of Oxford (PhD | Philosophy)
University of Oxford (MA | Global & Imperial History
University of Oxford (BA | History) - Attività lavorative
- Community History Fellow, University of Oxford
historian
author
Historical Advisor, Netflix
Teaching Fellow, King's College London
Radio Presenter, BBC - Relazioni
- Suki Kaur Atwal (mother)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- John Shannon Prize for Modern History (2009)
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 31
- Popolarità
- #440,253
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 8
That said, there was much here that was of interest, with Atwal in particular interested in recovering the role of royal women in supporting the dynastic efforts of the Empire. Rather than passive figures secluded away in purdah, Atwal argues that these women were key players in high-level politics. There is certainly much here to support this, although I was not convinced by all of Atwal's line of argument. Atwal posits for instance that no Sikh woman ever ruled in her own name because of the interference of British colonisers on supposedly socially egalitarian Sikhs—but without at all downplaying the impact of imperialism on Punjabi society, what I gleaned from reading this book was that while there may have been a theoretical spiritual equality between Sikh men and women, there was also a patriarchal social framework undergirding both high politics and daily life.… (altro)