Alyssa Ayres

Speaking Like a State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519311
• ISBN-10: 0521519314
• Artikelnr.: 26572339

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Note on transliteration
Introduction
1. Articulating a new nation
2. Urdu and the nation
3. The nation and its margins
4. The case of Punjab, part I: elite efforts
5. The case of Punjab, part II: popular culture
6. History and local absence
7. Bringing back the local past
8. Speaking like a state: language planning
9. Religion, nation, language
10. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.