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The Social Space of Language : Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab /

This rich cultural history set in Punjab examines a little-studied body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. Farina Mir asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in co...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mir, Farina (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Forging a language policy
  • Punjabi print culture
  • A Punjabi literary formation
  • Place and personhood
  • Piety and devotion
  • Conclusion.