Using first-hand accounts, Dr Virdee reveals how women, often sheltered from private and public spaces, created their own space during this complex and traumatising time.
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Friday, 18 February 2011
Hidden voices of Muslim women
A talk given by Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University entitled 'Hidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947' is now available as a podcast from the National Archives.
Using first-hand accounts, Dr Virdee reveals how women, often sheltered from private and public spaces, created their own space during this complex and traumatising time.
See: http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/hidden-women.htm
Using first-hand accounts, Dr Virdee reveals how women, often sheltered from private and public spaces, created their own space during this complex and traumatising time.
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