TY - BOOK AB - In this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in India and Pakistan are revealed in this text. AU - Mirza, Maryam, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - PR9492.6.W6 DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199466740 DO - doi ET - First edition. ID - 760388 KW - Indic fiction (English) KW - Pakistani fiction (English) KW - Indic fiction (English) KW - Indic fiction (English) KW - Pakistani fiction (English) KW - Pakistani fiction (English) KW - Social classes in literature. KW - Friendship in literature. KW - Desire in literature. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199466740.001.0001 N2 - In this scholarly work, Maryam Mirza examines ten novels in English by women writers from the Indian subcontinent. She explores the role of power and desire, and of emotional and physical intimacy in cross-class relations. Striking similarities in how gendered and classed identities are lived in India and Pakistan are revealed in this text. SN - 9780199087228 T1 - Intimate class actsfriendship and desire in Indian and Pakistani women's fiction / TI - Intimate class actsfriendship and desire in Indian and Pakistani women's fiction / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199466740.001.0001 ER -