The quotidian revolution : vernacularization, religion, and the premodern public sphere in India /

In thirteenth-century Maharashtra, a new vernacular literature emerged to challenge the hegemony of Sanskrit, a language largely restricted to men of high caste. In a vivid and accessible idiom, this new Marathi literature inaugurated a public debate over the ethics of social difference grounded in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Novetzke, Christian Lee, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Marathi literature > History and criticism.
Marathi language > Social aspects > History.
Littérature marathe > Histoire et critique.
Marathe (Langue) > Aspect social > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Marathi language > Social aspects
Marathi literature
Soziokultureller Wandel
Religiöse Literatur
Sozialer Wandel
Sanskrit
Marathi
Ergänzung
Mahānubhāva-Sekte
Religiöser Wandel
Maharashtra (India) > History.
Mahārāshtra (Inde) > Histoire.
India > Maharashtra
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface. The Shape of the Book
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations
  • Introduction. The Argument of the Book
  • PART ONE
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Yadava Century
  • CHAPTER TWO. Traces of a Medieval Public
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Biography of Literary Vernacularization
  • PART TWO
  • CHAPTER FOUR. The Vernacular Moment
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Mahanubhav Ethic
  • PART THREE
  • CHAPTER SIX. A Vernacular Manifesto
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Sonic Equality
  • Conclusion. The Vernacular Millennium and the Quotidian Revolution
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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