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When Sun Meets MoonGender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry$
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When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry

Scott Kugle

Print publication date: 2016

Print ISBN-13: 9781469626772

Published to North Carolina Scholarship Online: January 2017

DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626772.001.0001

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Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame

Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame

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(p.185) Chapter Nine Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame
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When Sun Meets Moon
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Scott Kugle

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University of North Carolina Press
DOI:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626772.003.0010

This chapter explores Mah Laqa Bai’s family history, paying attention to tensions found in a woman’s role as a courtesan, concubine, or prostitute. These roles are not clearly defined, despite the protestations of those who have recorded Mah Laqa Bai’s biography. Her grandmother, mother, aunts, and half-sister shaped her life and artistic aspirations.

Keywords:   Shame, Modesty, Courtesan, Humor, Biography, Sayyid, Concubine, Marriage

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