Farina Mir: 1 book
The Social Space of Language
Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2010
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...
