Copyright
Pasha M. KhanPublished On
2015-10-05Page Range
pp. 185-207Print Length
22 pages
6. A Handbook for Storytellers: The Ṭirāz al-akhbār and the Qissa Genre
- Pasha M. Khan (author)
Chapter of: Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India(pp. 185–207)
Khan offers a philosophical and critical study of a Persian performative genre, bringing contemporary theory together with Persianate understandings of performance, truth and mendacity.