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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2010.
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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.