Auteur: Hans Harder

This book deals with Punches and Punch-like magazines in 19th and 20th century Asia, covering an area from Egypt and the Ottoman Empire in the West via British India up to China and Japan in the …

Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent …

Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent …

Writing histories of literature means making selections, passing value judgments, and incorporating or rejecting foregoing traditions. The book argues that in many parts of India, literary histories …

Writing histories of literature means making selections, passing value judgments, and incorporating or rejecting foregoing traditions. The book argues that in many parts of India, literary histories …

This collection brings together nine essays, accompanied by nine short translations that expand the assumptions that have typically framed literary histories, and creatively re-draws their …

This collection brings together nine essays, accompanied by nine short translations that expand the assumptions that have typically framed literary histories, and creatively re-draws their …

Inhalt: – Rainer Grafenhorst: Der Raub des Soma. Über Rivalität und Knappheit im Vedischen Opfer – Mudagamuwe Maithrimurthi: Identifying Three Entomological Species in Sanskrit Literature: …

When thinking of intrepid travelers from past centuries, we don’t usually put Muslim women at the top of the list. And yet, the stunning firsthand accounts in this collection completely upend preconc …

Inhalt: • Arian Hopf: Muhammad Hasan Askari: Mulla-Turned Modernist or Saviour of Tradition? • Agi Wittich: Harnessing Authenticity in Iyengar Yoga: Legitimizing and Romanticizing Women-Oriented …

This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’ in colonial and postcolonial settings. It addresses recent formulations and debates …

This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’ in colonial and postcolonial settings. It addresses recent formulations and debates …

This volume critically engages with recent formulations and debates regarding the status of the regional languages of the Indian subcontinent vis-a-vis English. It explores how language ideologies of …

This volume critically engages with recent formulations and debates regarding the status of the regional languages of the Indian subcontinent vis-a-vis English. It explores how language ideologies of …

Inhalt: – Gautam Liu: Premchands Hindi: Zur Genese des Standardregisters in der gegenwärtigen Hindi-Prosa – Akanksha Yadav, Vinita Chandra: Conditional Vows: Exchange and Reciprocity between the …