{"product_id":"paper-performance-and-the-state-social-change-and-political-culture-in-mughal-india-hardback-9781316516812","title":"Paper, Performance, and the State; Social Change and Political Culture in Mughal India (Hardback) 9781316516812","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePaper, Performance, and the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Change and Political Culture in Mughal India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the changing socio–cultural world in early modern South Asia, and locates the agency of the Mughal state therein.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFarhat Hasan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316516812, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores the changing socio–cultural world in early modern South Asia, and locates the agency of the Mughal state therein. The development of literacy and new forms of engagement between literacy and performance prompted the opening up of new spaces of social communication, and led to the development of a performative (and somatic) public sphere in South Asia. The work highlights the significance of legal spaces, along with the markets and coffeehouses, in shaping the emergent public sphere. While defending the case for legal pluralism, it argues that the Mughal state endured and enhanced the diversity in the legal order. Focusing on the socially embedded attributes of the state, it looks at how the state's relations with the local powers impinged on, and reproduced community identities, identity conflicts, legal pluralism, property relations, and different forms of social communication.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Property and Social Relations: Litigations and Disputes at the Qazi's Court\u003cbr\u003e 3. Law as Contested Communication: Literacy, Performativity and the Legal Order\u003cbr\u003e 4. Embodiment, Sensoriality and the Public Sphere: Shifting Popular Perceptions of the State\u003cbr\u003e 5. State Formation From Below: Authority and Culture in Micro-Spaces\u003cbr\u003e 6. Toward a Conclusion: The Project of the Nation–State and the Mughal Historian\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Medieval history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medieval history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medieval%20history%20%5BHBLC1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC1\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45899547771160,"sku":"9781316516812","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316516812i.jpg?v=1696681750","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/paper-performance-and-the-state-social-change-and-political-culture-in-mughal-india-hardback-9781316516812","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}