Against history, against state : counterperspectives from the margins
- New York Columbia University Press 2003
- xxii, 316 p. : ill., maps ;
- Cultures of history .
A reassessment of conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective and a unique look at how conceptions of history and community clash. This incisive study explores the Meo community through their oral literature, revealing sophisticated modes of collective memory and self-government while telling a story that radically diverges from most accepted Indian histories.
9780231127318 (pbk.)
Meo (Indic people) Folk literature, Hindi--History.--History and criticism.--India