Speaking Like a State - Language and Nationalism in Pakistan

Klappentext This book examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy. Zusammenfassung This book examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy. It is aimed at scholars in the fields of history! political theory and South Asian studies! as well as those interested in the history of culture and nationalism in one of the world's most complex! and challenging! countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alyssa Ayres, Alyssa (Director for India and South Asia) Ayres, Ayres Alyssa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781107404434
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40443-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Pakistan, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Sociolinguistics, Asian History, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, HISTORY / Asia / South / General