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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitchell, Lisa, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Contemporary Indian studies.
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