Language, emotion, and politics in south India :: the making of a mother tongue /

What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the mid-20th century, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of language. Lisa Mitchell traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to the Telugu language that lay behind some of thes...

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1. Verfasser: Mitchell, Lisa, 1966-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary Indian studies.
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Zusammenfassung:What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the mid-20th century, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of language. Lisa Mitchell traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to the Telugu language that lay behind some of these events. As identities based on language came to appear natural, the road was paved for the political reorganization of the Indian state along linguistic lines after independence.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Auszeichnungen:American Institute of Indian Studies, Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr., Prize in the Indian Humanities.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.
ISBN:9780253002891
0253002893
0253353017
9780253353016
0253220696
9780253220691
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9781282103542
9786612103544
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