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SUMMARY:The water of Delhi: pre-colonial modernity in Urdu poetry - Profes
 sor Ruth Vanita\, University of Montana
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CONTACT:Barbara Roe
DESCRIPTION:Pre-1857 non-mystical Urdu poetry by multilingual poets like R
 angin\, Insha\, Qais\, Nisbat and Jur¹at reveals an urban culture bearing
  markers of an indigenous modernity\, such as celebration of hybridities\,
  individuality\, consumerism\, gender and sexual fluidity\, unconventional
 relationships and women who challenge social convention. This self-reflexi
 ve poetry in the voices of women and men from a wide range of class backgr
 ounds is playful but profound\, humorous and defiant all at once.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambri
 dge CB3 9DT
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