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020			_a978-1-107-04591-0
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100			_aLal Ruby
245			_aComing of age in Nineteenth - century India : _bThe girl-child and the art of playfulness / _cRuby Lal
250			_a1st ed. _b2013
260			_aNew Delhi. _bCambridge University Press; _c2013.
300			_a229 p . ; _bhardbound _c14x22cm
505			_aList of photos List of maps Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration, Translation and citations Prelude: Opening the door 1. Texts, spaces, histories 2. The woman of the forest 3. The woman of the school 4. The woman of the household 5. The woman of the rooftops A retrospect: In pursuit of playfulness
520			_a" This extraordinary portrait of young women in nineteenth century North India begins with a vivid and moving conversations with an elderly woman whose memories stretch back over many decades. That intimate personal tone continues to animate the feisty and imaginative women that Ruby Lal found in neglected archives and brought to life for us.
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