Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South AsiaSurinder Singh, I. D. Gaur Transcript of papers presented during a seminar titled Popular literature and premodern societies in South Asia held in the Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 1-2 February 2005. |
Contents
The Place of Myth Legend and Folklore in Western | 41 |
The Qiyamkhanis | 62 |
State Formation and Consolidation under the Ujjainiya | 74 |
Mughal Centralization and Local Resistance in North | 89 |
Peasant Leaders of the Jammu Region in Oral Tradition | 113 |
A Critical Study of Shah | 133 |
Representations of Rinchen | 149 |
Jasnathis | 162 |
Concept and Praxis of Martyrdom | 222 |
Position of Prostitutes in Bengali Culture as Gleaned | 239 |
Folklore Ordinary People and Making of | 257 |
Chishti | 271 |
Legends Hagiographies and Sufism in NorthEastern | 281 |
Sufic | 295 |
Popular Culture as Represented in the Sufi | 315 |
Social Structure Values and Norms of Pushtoon | 334 |
The Role of Legends Memories and Folk Culture | 178 |
Love and Syncretism | 192 |
WomenOriented Myths and Legends of | 207 |
About the Contributors | 346 |
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