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Singer Wendy

Creating histories : Oral narratives and the politics of the history making - Delhi Oxford University Press 1997 - 339p xviii

Contents:
An Introduction: The Power of Oral Narratives;
pt. I. Politics and Communication;
1. Movement Politics: Organizing Local Conflict;
2. Beyond Caste and Class;
3. Sources of History-making: Communication;
pt. II. Making Historical Narratives;
4. The Maharaja Who Would Be King;
5. The Power of Written Record (1885-1939);
6. Colonial Officers as Authors and Authorities in Darbhanga (1896-1936);
7. The Court of Rama Kant Jha: Village Mediators and Local Power;
8. Orality as Politics: Narratives and Songs of Resistance (1930-1939);
pt. III. Rhetoric and Revolution;
9. Telling Revolution, 1929-1942: Khadi and Land Rights;
10. Escalating Crises: Peasant Protests and the 1942 Revolt;
Conclusion Part III: Responding to the Image of Simmering Revolution;
Conclusion: Orality, Literacy, and Contemporary Politics.

ISBN: 9780195639889

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1.History - Oral Narratives - India

Dewey Class. No.: 954.000000 / SIN