Frontier cultures : a social history of Assamese literature / Manjeet Baruah
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2012Description: xiii, 205 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780415500807Subject(s): Assamese Literature -- History and Criticism | Literature and Society -- Assam, IndiaDDC classification: 809.954162Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 809.954162 BAR/F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P30804 |
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
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