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Copyright

Pasha M. Khan

Published On

2015-10-05

Page Range

pp. 185-207

Print 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.

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Pasha M. Khan

(author)