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Creating histories : Oral narratives and the politics of the history making
Publication details: Delhi Oxford University Press 1997Description: 339p xviiiISBN:- 9780195639889
- 954.000000Â SIN
Contents:
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.
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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.