In this Book
- Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Contemporary Indian Studies
summary
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 these events. As identities based on language came to appear natural, the road was paved for the political reorganization of the Indian state along linguistic lines after independence.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xv
- 2. Making a Subject of Language
- pp. 68-99
- Bibliography
- pp. 255-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253002891
Related ISBN(s)
9780253353016
MARC Record
OCLC
406528459
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-11
Language
English
Open Access
No