Locale, everyday Islam, and modernity : Qasbah towns and Muslim life in colonial India
Rahman, M. RaisurAuthor
This work presents qasbahs as centres of intense intellectual and cultural activity in colonial India and as networks of social life, education, print culture, literary production, and intellectual dialogue. It also demonstrates that the emergence of modernity among the Muslims was a process during their colonial encounter in which qasbah residents were active agents and the Islam that emerged was that of everyday living.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work presents qasbahs as centres of intense intellectual and cultural activity in colonial India and as networks of social life, education, print culture, literary production, and intellectual dialogue. It also demonstrates that the emergence of modernity among the Muslims was a process during their colonial encounter in which qasbah residents were active agents and the Islam that emerged was that of everyday living.
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Muslims
Muslims
City and town life
City and town life
South Asia
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology