The social space of language : vernacular culture in British colonial Punjab

The social space of language : vernacular culture in British colonial Punjab / Farina Mir.

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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Main Author: Mir, Farina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Panjabi literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Panjabi literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > India > Punjab > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > India > Punjab > History > 20th century.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Intellectual life
Literature and society
Panjabi literature
Punjab (India) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Punjab (India) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
India > Punjab
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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