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008			160316s1997 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780195639889
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082			_a954.000000 _bSIN
100			_aSinger Wendy
245			_aCreating histories : Oral narratives and the politics of the history making
260			_aDelhi _bOxford University Press _c1997
300			_a339p _cxviii
365			_bRs.495
505			_aContents: 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.
650			_a1.History - Oral Narratives - India
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