Title Hidden histories of Pakistan : censorship, literature, and secular nationalism in late colonial India / Sarah Fatima Waheed

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages) Contents Introduction: Writers on Trial -- Blasphemy: Progressives, Literary Ethics, and the Case of Burning Embers -- Obscenity: Manto's Texts, Manto's Trials -- Sedition: A Poet, a Plot, and Pakistan's First Conspiracy Case -- Feminist Literary Ethics and Censorship -- Epilogue Summary "In the decades immediately preceding and following Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan, a group of South Asian literary intellectuals dedicated themselves to a craft of writing that aimed to disturb the status quo. They demanded liberation, "from the maligning imperialist archaeology on the one side, and from its misuse by reactionary elements in our society. Influenced by international trends in social realism as well as leftist movements in India, and writing predominantly in Urdu - a widely shared North Indian vernacular language increasingly being tied to Indo-Muslim identity - these literary intellectuals called themselves progressive writers. This book is about how progressive, and referred to as "Urduphone" intellectuals made up of Indian and Pakistani Muslims involved in leftist politics, articulated their struggles for freedom in the face of immense political suppression."-- Provided by publisher Notes Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Tufts University, 2010 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2022) Subject Urdu literature -- Political aspects -- Pakistan Urdu literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century Censorship -- Pakistan Nationalism in literature. Progressivism in literature. Muslims -- Political activity -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century Muslims -- Political activity -- India -- History -- 20th century Censorship Muslims -- Political activity Nationalism in literature Politics and literature Progressivism in literature Urdu literature India Pakistan Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021036404 ISBN 9781108993517 1108993516

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