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  • The Vernacular

    Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

    by Hans Harder, Nishat Zaidi, Torsten Tschacher ...
    This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’ in colonial and postcolonial settings. It addresses recent formulations and debates regarding the status of regional languages of South Asia in relation to English. The authors explore the range of meanings the term has assumed and trace a history of contestation since the colonial age ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Language Ideologies and the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia

    Edited by Nishat Zaidi, Hans Harder ...
    This volume critically engages with recent formulations and debates regarding the status of the regional languages of the Indian subcontinent vis-à-vis English. It explores how language ideologies of the “vernacular” are positioned in relation to the language ideologies of English in South Asia.The book probes into how we might move beyond the English-vernacular binary in India, explores what ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Literary Sentiments in the Vernacular

    Gender and Genre in Modern South Asia

    Edited by Charu Gupta, Laura Brueck, Hans Harder, Shobna Nijhawan ...
    This collection brings together nine essays, accompanied by nine short translations that expand the assumptions that have typically framed literary histories, and creatively re-draws their boundaries, both temporally and spatially. The essays, rooted in the humanities and informed by interdisciplinary area studies, explore multiple linkages between forms of print culture, linguistic identities, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Literature and Nationalist Ideology

    Writing Histories of Modern Indian Languages

    Edited by Hans Harder ...
    Writing histories of literature means making selections, passing value judgments, and incorporating or rejecting foregoing traditions. The book argues that in many parts of India, literary histories play an important role in creating a cultural ethos. They are closely linked with nationalism in general and various regional ‘sub-nationalisms’ in particular. The contributors to this volume look at a ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Asian Punches

    A Transcultural Affair

    Edited by Hans Harder, Barbara Mittler ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book deals with Punches and Punch-like magazines in 19th and 20th century Asia, covering an area from Egypt and the Ottoman Empire in the West via British India up to China and Japan in the East. It traces an alternative and largely unacknowledged side of the history of this popular British periodical, and simultaneously casts a wide-reaching comparative glance on the genesis of satirical ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women

    by Asiya Alam, Andrew Amstutz, C. Ceyhun Arslan, David Boyk, Greg Halaby, Hans Harder, Megan Robin Hewitt, Nurten Kilic-Schubel, Roberta Micallef ...
    When thinking of intrepid travelers from past centuries, we don't usually put Muslim women at the top of the list. And yet, the stunning firsthand accounts in this collection completely upend preconceived notions of who was exploring the world.Editors Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz, and Sunil Sharma recover, translate, annotate, and provide historical and cultural context for the 17th- ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh

    The Maijbhandaris of Chittagong

    by Hans Harder ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
    Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of contemporary Bengali Islam in the South Asian context.Expertise in South Asian languages and literatures is combined with ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

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  • Negotiating Languages

    Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia

    by Walter Hakala ...
    Series series South Asia Across the Disciplines
    Prior to the nineteenth century, South Asian dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies reflected a hierarchical vision of nature and human society. By the turn of the twentieth century, the modern dictionary had democratized and politicized language. Compiled "scientifically" through "historical principles," the modern dictionary became a concrete symbol of a nation's arrival on the world stage ... Read more

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  • Britain Through Muslim Eyes

    Literary Representations, 1780-1988

    by Claire Chambers ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    What did Britain look like to the Muslims who visited and lived in the country in increasing numbers from the late eighteenth century onwards? This book is a literary history of representations of Muslims in Britain from the late eighteenth century to the eve of Salman Rushdie's publication of The Satanic Verses (1988). ... Read more

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  • The Quest for Meaning

    Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    In The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism, Tariq Ramadan embarks on a journey to uncover the profound truths that bind us together.In a world so full of different beliefs and viewpoints, how can we find peace in our shared humanity?Acclaimed thinker and philosopher Tariq Ramadan explores universal ideas such as love, respect, truth and tolerance, and examines questions such as ... Read more

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  • Bookless in Baghdad

    Reflections on Writing and Writers

    by Shashi Tharoor ...
    Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the title essay, we learn the steep price paid by some Iraqis just to obtain a book; what does it mean when selling books, essentially selling culture, out of one’s own library is the only way to put bread on the table? Later, Tharoor reminisces about growing up with books in India and the central position of classics like the Mahabharata in ... Read more

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