Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 /
Why would love for their language lead men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This book analyzes the discourses of love, labour, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for ling...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1997.
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Colección: | Studies on the history of society and culture ;
29. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |