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Literature: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia

By: Wylene Rholetter
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:Asia; narratives; pleasure; poetry; prose; South Asia; storytelling

The earliest literature of west, central, and south Asia is like an Oriental tapestry. On one side can be found striking images, vibrant details, and aesthetic pleasures, with each part contributing to a whole that delights. On the other side is ...

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  Rholetter, W. (2012). Literature: prehistory to 1200: south, central, and west asia. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. IV40-IV40). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n652
  
  Rholetter, Wylene. "Literature: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, IV40. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n652.
  
  Rholetter, W. 2012. Literature: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. IV40 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n652> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Rholetter, Wylene. "Literature: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. IV40. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n652.
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