Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

"This is a wonderful theory-cum-participatory analysis of functional discourse of sectarian text/oratory, shedding light on subtle socio-cultural relations in religious perspective. It sets a new methodology to understand socio-religious phenomenon in the Pakistani Punjab."-- Muhammad Shafique, Professor, Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

• IntroductionChapter 1 Foundations: History, Literature and TheoryChapter 2 Sectarian Discourse in Sociocultural ContextsChapter 3 Oral Performances and Sectarian ReflexivityChapter 4 Textual Sectarian Performance and Re-scripting the Sectarian ‘Other’Chapter 5 Conclusion

Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

"This is a wonderful theory-cum-participatory analysis of functional discourse of sectarian text/oratory, shedding light on subtle socio-cultural relations in religious perspective. It sets a new methodology to understand socio-religious phenomenon in the Pakistani Punjab."-- Muhammad Shafique, Professor, Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

• IntroductionChapter 1 Foundations: History, Literature and TheoryChapter 2 Sectarian Discourse in Sociocultural ContextsChapter 3 Oral Performances and Sectarian ReflexivityChapter 4 Textual Sectarian Performance and Re-scripting the Sectarian ‘Other’Chapter 5 Conclusion

Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

"This is a wonderful theory-cum-participatory analysis of functional discourse of sectarian text/oratory, shedding light on subtle socio-cultural relations in religious perspective. It sets a new methodology to understand socio-religious phenomenon in the Pakistani Punjab."-- Muhammad Shafique, Professor, Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

• IntroductionChapter 1 Foundations: History, Literature and TheoryChapter 2 Sectarian Discourse in Sociocultural ContextsChapter 3 Oral Performances and Sectarian ReflexivityChapter 4 Textual Sectarian Performance and Re-scripting the Sectarian ‘Other’Chapter 5 Conclusion