Language, Emotion, And Politics In South India

The Making Of A Mother Tongue

by Lisa Mitchell
language: english
Publisher: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS, March of 2009 ‧
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What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events.

Language, Emotion, And Politics In South India

The Making Of A Mother Tongue

by Lisa Mitchell

Property Description
ISBN: 9780253220691
Publisher: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: March of 2009
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 304
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
Books in English > Dictionaries and Encyclopedias > Encyclopedias
EAN: 9780253220691