Citation

Ghosh A. History Compass 2008; 6(5): 1235-1243.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00552.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

As anonymously generated, unverifiable speech that flourishes in contingent situations, rumour can be a potent source of historical representation. Associated with subaltern historiography of South Asia, its ambiguity also makes it amenable for misinformation and elite machinations.