The Light of Knowledge : Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India /

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Cowinner of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology's Edward Sapir Book Prize Since the early 1990s hundreds of thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons and other events designed to transform them into active citizens with access to state power. These...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cody, Francis, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Arivoḷi (Organization : Tamil Nadu, India)
Rural conditions.
Literacy programs.
Literacy > Political aspects.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Anthropology.
Sociology and anthropology.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Literacy > Political aspects > India > Tamil Nadu.
Literacy programs > India > Tamil Nadu.
India > Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (Inde) > Conditions rurales.
Tamil Nadu (India) > Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : of light, literacy, and knowledge in the Tamil countryside
  • On being a "thumbprint" : time and space in Arivoli activism
  • Feminizing enlightenment : the social and reciprocal agency
  • Labors of objectification : words and worlds of pedagogy
  • Search for a method : the media of enlightenment
  • Subject to citizenship : petitions and the performativity of signature
  • Epilogue : reflections on a time of charismatic enlightenment.

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