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Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India

Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India The Making of a Mother Tongue - Contemporary Indian Studies

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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.

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ISBN: 9780253353016
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.44909548
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 281
Weight: 612g
Height: 239mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 25mm