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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9788178243078 |
| Terms of availability |
(hbk) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
891.4209355 |
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MIR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mir, Farina |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Social space of language : vernacular culture in British colonial Punjab |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Ranikhet : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Permanent Black, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 277 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
22.1 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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INR |
| Price amount |
895.00 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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 colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language. She explores topics including Punjabi linguistic practices, print and performance, and the symbolic content of qisse. She finds that although the British denied Punjabi language and literature almost all forms of state patron. |
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Language |
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Literature and society |
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Panjabi literature |
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Intellectual life |
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Criticism |
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Travel |
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Books |