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The Social Space of Language
- Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab
part of the South Asia Across the Disciplines series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 294
- Published:
- July 3, 2010
- Dimensions:
- 163x241x23 mm.
- Weight:
- 570 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 13, 2024
Description of The Social Space of Language
A cultural history set in Punjab that examines a body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. It asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language.
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