Frontier cultures : a social history of Assamese literature /
Baruah, Manjeet
Frontier cultures : a social history of Assamese literature / Manjeet Baruah - New Delhi ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2012. - xiii, 205 p. ; 22 cm.
Preface. Acknowledgements Part I: Situating the Problem:- Introduction -- 1. The Valley, 'Border' and the Question of Order -- 2. Buranjis and Sankari Culture: Language and Narrative in Pre-colonial Textual Traditions -- 3. Language Shift and Narrative: Pre-colonial Continental Crossroad to Colonial Frontier. Conclusion ---- Part II: Literature and Socio-spatial Relations:- Introduction -- 4. Language and Narrative: Negotiating between Difference and Contradiction -- 5. Narrative and Social Base: The Irony of Breakdown -- 6. Reinventing Frontier Narrative -- Conclusion -- Appendix:- (a) An Account of Text and Social Origin of Author -- (b) Translations of Essays and Letters in Bahni -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index
9780415500807
Assamese Literature--History and Criticism
Literature and Society--Assam, India
809.954162 / BAR/F
Frontier cultures : a social history of Assamese literature / Manjeet Baruah - New Delhi ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2012. - xiii, 205 p. ; 22 cm.
Preface. Acknowledgements Part I: Situating the Problem:- Introduction -- 1. The Valley, 'Border' and the Question of Order -- 2. Buranjis and Sankari Culture: Language and Narrative in Pre-colonial Textual Traditions -- 3. Language Shift and Narrative: Pre-colonial Continental Crossroad to Colonial Frontier. Conclusion ---- Part II: Literature and Socio-spatial Relations:- Introduction -- 4. Language and Narrative: Negotiating between Difference and Contradiction -- 5. Narrative and Social Base: The Irony of Breakdown -- 6. Reinventing Frontier Narrative -- Conclusion -- Appendix:- (a) An Account of Text and Social Origin of Author -- (b) Translations of Essays and Letters in Bahni -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index
9780415500807
Assamese Literature--History and Criticism
Literature and Society--Assam, India
809.954162 / BAR/F