From Hindi to Urdu:
A social and political history
Language: English - ISBN: 9783753164854 - 476 pages
€28.30
PCL-PRESS
Synopsis
This book is the first of its kind on the socio-political history of Urdu. It analyses the historiography of the language—narratives about its names, linguistic ancestry, place of birth—and relates it to the politics of identity-construction among the Hindus and Muslims of India during the last two centuries. More importantly, a historical account of the use of Urdu in social domains such as employment, education, printing and publishing, radio, films, and television etc. has been provided for the first time. These accounts are related to the expression of Hindu and Muslim identity-politics during the last two centuries.
About Tariq Rahman
Tariq Rahman PhD was Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. He is also HEC Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Dr Rahman has been a guest professor in Denmark and Spain, and a Fulbright research scholar (1995-96) at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He was also the first incumbent of the Pakistan Chair at University of California, Berkeley (2004-05). He has been a research fellow at the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies and the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg. He is the recipient of several awards: the Presidential Pride of Performance (1994), HEC Lifetime Achievement Award, the highly prestigious Humboldt Research Award (2012) from Germany, and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2013. In 2014, he was awarded a D. Litt by the University of Sheffield for all of his published research.
Product specifications
| Binding | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | Friday, 4 October 2024 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 9783753164854 |
| Pagecount | 476 |
| Interior color | Full color |
| Size | 155 x 235 mm |
| Publisher | PCL-PRESS |
| Author | Tariq Rahman |
| Category | Travel and languages > Other travel |