Recasting the region : language, culture, and Islam in colonial Bengal /
'Recasting the Region' studies the trajectories of Muslim Bengali politics and examines the literary and cultural history of Bengali Muslims from the early 20th century until the 1952 language movement. It argues that Muslim political mobilization in late colonial Bengal did not emanate fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Recasting the Region' studies the trajectories of Muslim Bengali politics and examines the literary and cultural history of Bengali Muslims from the early 20th century until the 1952 language movement. It argues that Muslim political mobilization in late colonial Bengal did not emanate from north Indian calls for a separatist 'Muslim' state of Pakistan, but rather emerged out of a sustained engagement with local Bengali intellectual and literary traditions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 324 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199082933 0199082936 |