UID:
almafu_9958120084002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p. )
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ill. ;
Edition:
Reprint 2019
ISBN:
9780520918795
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0520918797
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9780585106007
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0585106002
Series Statement:
Studies on the History of Society and Culture ; 29
Content:
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 linguistic revival and separatism.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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Acknowledgments --
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Note on Transliteration --
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Preface --
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1. Introduction: Language in History and Modernity --
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2. One Language, Many Imaginings --
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3. Feminizing Language: Tamil as Goddess, Mother, Maiden --
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4. Laboring for Language: The State of Tamil Devotion --
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5. To Die For: Living for Language --
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6. Conclusion: Tamil Subjects --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520208049
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520208048
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520208056
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520208056
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520918795
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