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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mir, Farina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Panjabi literature.
Literature and society.
Intellectual life.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Litterature et societe > Inde > Pendjab > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Inde > Pendjab > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature pendjabi > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature pendjabi > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > India > Punjab > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > India > Punjab > History > 19th century.
Panjabi literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Panjabi literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
India > Punjab.
Pendjab (Inde) > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Pendjab (Inde) > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
India
Punjab (India) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Punjab (India) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Forging a language policy
  • Punjabi print culture
  • A Punjabi literary formation
  • Place and personhood
  • Piety and devotion
  • Conclusion.

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