... Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses Jaipur freedom of speech criticism ...

... In 2012, at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the author was asked to leave India after he read from a banned book, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. This chapter covers that history but uses it as an occasion to report on his fraught relationship with the celebrated writer—establishing...

..., and have played a key role in the deep political transformations that have taken place. This chapter explores, as in a duel verse or counterpoint ( contapunteo ), the way civic and contentious actions have confronted or complemented one another in the Venezuelan sociopolitical arena since the mid-1980s...

... This chapter unravels Piro’s 160 Kafis to show how a former Muslim prostitute, and then a novitiate in a marginally Sikh Gulabdasi establishment, fashioned a self by writing “autobiographical” verses. The transgression of her move from a brothel to a monastic establishment created a situation...

... by the city’s residents. He depicts his Indian adversaries as cruel and savage, yet cannot fail to marvel at their valor and tenacity in battle. After the protracted war, Brigadier Segurola was made the first intendant of the entire district of La Paz. A play in verse staged in his honor in 1786 praised...

..., the author was asked to leave India after he read from a banned book, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. This chapter covers that history but uses it as an occasion to report on his fraught relationship with the celebrated writer—establishing in the process an idea of what it means to celebrate freedom...

... identity across other ethnic and class boundaries. The Aymara verse in this song also produces a keen emotional effect. In the final two lines, being chulla suggests a loneliness, the incomplete state when one thing—like a shoe or a sock—lacks its matching pair. The lyrics convey poignancy...

... force in the wake of neoliberal restructuring in 1985. The cueca is a popular dance in Bolivia, and Santiesteban’s verses, presented below, say farewell to many of the distinctive features of Llallagua. They take leave of the town’s religious festival, held in August for the Virgin of Asunta. They take...

... more strictly and to levy higher commercial taxes. Recurrent conspiracies and revolts broke out in Cochabamba, Arequipa, Cuzco, and La Paz and were often accompanied by public pasquinades that lampooned, often in crude verse, the colonial authorities. In La Paz in March 1780, the unfortunate customs...

.... Recurrent conspiracies and revolts broke out in Cochabamba, Arequipa, Cuzco, and La Paz and were often accompanied by public pasquinades that lampooned, often in crude verse, the colonial authorities. In La Paz in March 1780, the unfortunate customs-house offcial was Bernardo Gallo. He came in for fierce...

... emotional register. The kacharpari , or farewell verse, is a traditional Quechua song style lamenting someone’s departure, and this one uses highly economical five-syllable lines. We follow the Spanish version of Jesús Lara (1898–1980), who played an important role in popularizing the figure...

...Destabilizing the Normative<subtitle>The Heterogeneous Self</subtitle> This chapter unravels Piro’s 160 Kafis to show how a former Muslim prostitute, and then a novitiate in a marginally Sikh Gulabdasi establishment, fashioned a self by writing “autobiographical” verses. The transgression...

...—or noninstitutional—have been the most visible, and have played a key role in the deep political transformations that have taken place. This chapter explores, as in a duel verse or counterpoint ( contapunteo ), the way civic and contentious actions have confronted or complemented one another in the Venezuelan...

.... The cueca is a popular dance in Bolivia, and Santiesteban’s verses, presented below, say farewell to many of the distinctive features of Llallagua. They take leave of the town’s religious festival, held in August for the Virgin of Asunta. They take leave of the two famous radio stations that residents...