{"product_id":"paper-performance-and-the-state-farhat-hasan-9781316516812","title":"Paper, Performance, and the State: Social Change and Political Culture in Mughal India","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farhat Hasan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316516814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316516812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.36w x 0.84d","brand":"Farhat Hasan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944441446655,"sku":"9781316516812","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ba3263c-e421-4e48-ac46-1bf5cb4f6a5a.jpg?v=1681503580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paper-performance-and-the-state-farhat-hasan-9781316516812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}