Introduction: life histories in India -- The self and the cell: Indian prison narratives as life histories -- The reticent autobiographer: Mahadevi Varma's writings -- The invention of private life: a reading of Sibnath Sastri's Autobiography -- The past in the present: instruction, pleasure, and blessing in Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya's Aap biitii -- Hamara daur-i hayat: an Indian Muslim woman writes her life -- Cowherd or king? the Sanskrit biography of Ananda Ranga Pillai -- Life histories as narrative strategy: prophecy, song, and truth-telling in Tamil tales and legends -- Honor is honor, after all: silence and speech in the life stories of women in Kangra, North-West India -- Beyond silence: a Dalit life history in South India -- The marital history of a thumb-impression man.
Summary:
Contributed articles drawn from a workshop held at the British Library on May 15-17, 2000.
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