1st Edition
Culture and Power in South Asian Islam Defying the Perpetual Exception
1. Introduction
Neilesh Bose
2. The Solidarity Agenda: Aligarh Students and the demand for Pakistan
Amber Abbas
3. Beyond centre-periphery: qasbahs and Muslim life in South Asia
M. Raisur Rahman
4. Asian and Islamic crossings: Malay writing in nineteenth-century Sri Lanka
Ronit Ricci
5. Can ‘Om’ be an Islamic term? Translations, encounters, and Islamic discourse in vernacular South Asia
Torsten Tscacher
6. Remapping Muslim literary culture: folklore, Bulbul, and world-making in colonial Bengal
Neilesh Bose
7. Breaking the begging bowl: morals, drugs, and madness in the fate of the Muslim fakīr Nile Green
8. A matrilineal Sufi shaykh in Sri Lanka
Dennis B. McGilvray
9. Epilogue: Margins of anxiety and centres of confidence
A. Azfar Moin
Biography
Neilesh Bose is Assistant Professor of History at St. John’s University, New York City, USA. A scholar of South Asian history, decolonization, cultural history and intellectual history, his research examines the history of religion, culture, and language in nineteenth and twentieth century South Asia. He also holds active research interests in imperial history and the history of migrations and diaspora.
