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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class people across northern India found themselves negotiating rapid industrial change, emerging technologies, and class hierarchies. In response to these massive changes, Indian Muslim artisans began to publicly assert the deep relation between their religion and their labor, using the increasingly accessible popular press to redefine Islamic traditions ""from below."" Centering the stories and experiences of metalsmiths, stonemasons, tailors, press workers, and carpenters, Pious Labor tells the story of colonial-era social changes through the perspectives of the workers themselves. As Amanda Lanzillo shows, the colonial marginalization of these artisans is intimately linked with the continued exclusion of laboring voices today. By drawing on previously unstudied Urdu-language technical manuals and community histories, Lanzillo highlights not only the materiality of artisanal production but also the cultural agency of artisanal producers, filling in a major gap in South Asian history."
By:
Amanda Lanzillo Imprint: University of California Press Country of Publication: United States Volume: 5 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g ISBN:9780520398573 ISBN 10: 0520398572 Series:Islamic Humanities Pages: 246 Publication Date:23 January 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Amanda Lanzillo is Lecturer in South Asian History at Brunel University London.
