Boycott of Foreign Goods in Premchand’s Stories

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ID9744226
AuthorsCanan Yogurt (0000-0002-6841-108X, Ercıyes Unıversıty, Kayserı, Türkiye, corresponding author), Aykut Kismir (0000-0003-3686-9229, Ankara Unıversıty, Ankara, Türkiye)
Year2024
Volume44
Issue2
Pages177-193
Publication date2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02627280241240033
OpenAlexW4396221310
LanguageEN
References cited11

This article showcases that studies on Hindi and Urdu literature are also being conducted outside South Asia and that elsewhere, too, such literary studies and socio-political analyses are being combined in quite specific ways. Boycott of foreign goods was one of the most important parts of colonial India’s freedom struggle and many intellectuals from the literary and art worlds expressed their views on it. In his Hindi and Urdu stories, Munshi Premchand used his unique narrative technique, critical perspective on social events, and deep understanding of Indian society also to comment on the boycott of foreign goods. The article examines how such reflections of India’s struggle for independence manifest in two of Premchand’s lesser-known stories in which he argued for boycotting foreign goods. Our analysis portrays Premchand as an activist writer, who chose common people’s language to present gendered social documents, in a form akin to oral history, as his specific contribution to India’s freedom from foreign rule

Art · Boycott · Hindi · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urdu · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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