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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ramaswamy, Sumathi
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Collection:Studies on the history of society and culture ; 29.
Sujets:
Ramaswamy, Sumathi > Knowledge > Dravidian languages.
Ramaswamy, Sumathi.
1765-1947
Dravidian languages.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > United States.
Critical pedagogy > United States.
Language and culture > India > History.
Nationalism > India > History.
Langues dravidiennes.
Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Pédagogie critique > États-Unis.
Langage et culture > Inde > Histoire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Hungarian.
Critical pedagogy.
Historiography.
Language and culture.
Language and languages > Political aspects.
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Nationalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
India > Languages > Political aspects.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947 > Historiography.
Inde > Langues > Aspect politique.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique) > Historiographie.
India.
United States.
History.
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