Names and the Critique of History in Urdu Literature:From Manto’s ‘Yazid’ to Zaigham’s ‘Shakuntala’
This essay examines the ways in which two modern Urdu writers, Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955) and Ghazal Zaigham (b. 1964), discuss issues related to familial naming practices, religious identity, Islamic history, communalism in Indian cinema, progressivism in Urdu literature, and archetypes of gend...
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Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
2015-10-01
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| Serie: | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |
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| Länkar: | https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/4017 |
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