The world in words: travel writing and the global imagination in Muslim South Asia
"Based on over a decade of original archival research, this book shows how Urdu travel writing gave voice to a global imagination that reflected the ambition and aspiration of Indians and Pakistanis as they negotiated their place in the changing world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Urdu
/ Travel literature
/ History 1840-1990
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| Further subjects: | B
Asia
Description and travel
B Urdu literature 20th century History and criticism B Travelers' writings, Urdu History and criticism B Urdu prose literature Women authors History and criticism B Literary Criticism B Women travelers (South Asia) History 19th century B Africa Description and travel B Women travelers (South Asia) History 20th century B Urdu literature 19th century History and criticism |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Based on over a decade of original archival research, this book shows how Urdu travel writing gave voice to a global imagination that reflected the ambition and aspiration of Indians and Pakistanis as they negotiated their place in the changing world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this interdisciplinary study, author Daniel Majchrowicz traces the social and literary history of the Urdu travelogue from 1840 to 1990 in six chronological chapters. Each chapter asks how travel writers used the genre to give meaning to the shifting social and political realities of their colonial and postcolonial worlds. The book particularly highlights the role of women writers in the production of a global imagination in Urdu with an emphasis on travel writing on Asia and Africa"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009340751 |