Naree
 The cover of the book third edition | |
| Author | Humayun Azad |
|---|---|
| Original title | নারী |
| Cover artist | Uttam Sen |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject | Woman |
| Genre | Criticism |
| Publisher | Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 408 (third edition) |
| ISBN | 978-984-04-0077-5 |
Naree (English: Woman) is a 1992 Bangladeshi book about feminism and women’s rights written by Humayun Azad.[1] The book was considered incendiary, and was banned on 19 November 1995, by the government of Bangladesh. Five years later, though, in 2000, the ban was lifted, following a legal battle that Azad won.[2] The High Court of Bangladesh decided that the prohibition was invalid.[3]
Summary
The book in Bengali is a feminist analysis of women's status and condition in civilizations created by men. This is the first comprehensive discussion in Bengali about feminism and the difficulties Bengali women face in daily life. The radicalism inherent in the work was enough for many to think back on The Second Sex written by French feminist Simone de Beauvoir and Sexual Politics by American feminist Kate Millett. In the work, Azad takes readers on a journey through the broad swathes of experience feminist writers in South Asia have gone through in their writings. Azad is critical of acclaimed figures, notably Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, for what he considers their anti-feminist perceptions of life.[4]
Azad analytically compiles the feminist ideas of the west, which underlie the feminist contributions of the subcontinent's socio-political reformers.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ নারী - হুমায়ূন আজাদ (in Bengali). amarboi.com. Retrieved 2013-06-21. (in Bengali)
- 1 2 "Recommended Books". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ↑ "Banned-books info". banned-books.info. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ↑ Ahsan, Syed Badrul (2 March 2013). "Words that have made a difference". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-06-21.