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Poetry as Resistance

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Poetry as Resistance

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Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan

Poetry as Resistance

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Poetry as Resistance book

Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan
ByNukhbah Taj Langah
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 30 November 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge India
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003157311
Pages 296
eBook ISBN 9781003157311
Subjects Humanities, Language & Literature, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Langah, N.T. (2012). Poetry as Resistance: Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003157311

ABSTRACT

Focusing on the culturally and historically rich Siraiki-speaking region, often tagged as ‘South Punjab’, this book discusses the ways in which Siraiki creative writers have transformed into political activists, resisting the self-imposed domination of the Punjabi–Mohajir ruling elite. Influenced by Sufi poets, their poetry takes the shape of both protest and dialogue. This book reflects upon the politics of identity and the political complications which are a result of colonisation and later, neo-colonisation of Pakistan. It challenges the philosophy of Pakistan — a state created for Muslims — which is now taking the shape of religious fanaticism, while disregarding ethnic and linguistic issues such as that of Siraiki.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part Part I|94 pages

Colonial and Post-colonial Treatment of Siraiki Language

chapter 1|28 pages

A Journey from ‘Proto-Siraiki’ to ‘Siraiki’

chapter 2|30 pages

Mysticism, Movement and Resistance

chapter 3|34 pages

Siraiki Terminology

part Part II|137 pages

Analysis of Poetry

chapter 4|40 pages

Resisting Traditional Institutions: Creating Vakhrap

chapter 5|49 pages

The Mystic Journey of Siraiki Sunjaan

chapter 6|46 pages

Moonjh for Siraikistan

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