Martyr as Bridegroom'Martyr As Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh' is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized path of vernacular culture as a methodology of a historian's craft. The book seeks to understand the manner in which Punjabis constructed the image of Bhagat Singh in their literature. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Beyond the Boundaries | 10 |
CHAPTER 2 | 24 |
CHAPTER 3 | 49 |
CHAPTER 4 | 87 |
CHAPTER 5 | 115 |
CHAPTER 6 | 134 |
CONCLUSION | 164 |
APPENDIX 1 | 171 |
APPENDIX 4 | 180 |
APPENDIX 8 | 186 |
Photographs | 205 |
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Martyr as Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh Ishwar Dayal Gaur No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
Ajit Singh Akbar Amritsar Babbar Akali Batukeshwar Dutt Bharat Mata bomb bride bridegroom Bulleh Shah Central Jail century comrades cultural death Delhi Deol discourse Dulla Bhatti Dutt execution freedom gallows genre Ghadar Ghadar Party Ghazi Gurdev Singh Guru Arjan Dev Guru Gobind Singh Guru Nanak hegemony hero Hindu horse Ibid ideology image of Bhagat India Islam Jagmohan Singh Jallianawala Bagh Jullundur Kishan Lahore Lala Lajpat Rai legend Long Live Revolution lover Ludhiana Manmathnath Gupta mare marhi marriage marriage and martyrdom martyr Mirza motif Mughal Muslim narrated National Naujawan Bharat Sabha Patiala patriarchs patriotic peasants poem poet police political popular prison Punjabi literature Punjabi University Punjabi version qissa Qissa Bhagat Singh Ravi rebels religious revolutionary praxis Salar Masud Saunders Selected Writings Shah Husain Shaheed Bhagat Singh Shiv Verma Sikh Sikhism social song struggle Sufi Sukhdev symbol traditions vernacular versified village Writings of Shaheed