LEADER 04503nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910779273003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51940-0 024 7 $a10.7312/bate14756 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101842 035 $a(EBL)908744 035 $a(OCoLC)826476327 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834243 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11460254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834243 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10980611 035 $a(PQKB)10163037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908744 035 $a(DE-B1597)458640 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938126 035 $a(OCoLC)1029824827 035 $a(OCoLC)1032677769 035 $a(OCoLC)1037972615 035 $a(OCoLC)1041973620 035 $a(OCoLC)1046615132 035 $a(OCoLC)1047017937 035 $a(OCoLC)1049624420 035 $a(OCoLC)1054878016 035 $a(OCoLC)979720731 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231519403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10563239 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853799 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101842 100 $a20090520d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTamil oratory and the Dravidian aesthetic$b[electronic resource] $edemocratic practice in south India /$fBernard Bate 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aCultures of history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14756-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tA Note on Tamil Words -- $tIntroductions -- $t1. The Dravidian Proper -- $t2. The King's Red Tongue -- $t3. Walking Utopia -- $t4. On Life, Moonlight, and Jasmine -- $t5. Bhakti and the Limits of Apotheosis -- $t6. Kavitha's Love -- $t7. Speech in the Kali Yugam -- $tAfterword: Dravidian Neoclassicism -- $tNotes -- $tAppendix: Kavitha's Speech -- $tGlossary -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThis is a book about the newness of old things. It concerns an oratorical revolution, a transformation of oratorical style linked to larger transformations in society at large. It explores the aesthetics of Tamil oratory and its vital relationship to one of the key institutions of modern society: democracy. Therefore this book also bears on the centrality of language to the modern human condition.Though Tamil oratory is a relatively new practice in south India, the Dravidian (or Tamil nationalist) style employs archaic forms of Tamil that suggest an ancient mode of speech. Beginning with the advent of mass democratic politics in the 1940s, a new generation of politician adopted this style, known as "fine," or "beautiful Tamil" (centamil), for its distinct literary virtuosity, poesy, and alluring evocation of a pure Tamil past. Bernard Bate explores the centamil phenomenon, arguing that the genre's spectacular literacy and use of ceremonial procession, urban political ritual, and posters, praise poetry are critical components in the production of a singularly Tamil mode of political modernity: a Dravidian neoclassicism. From his perspective, the centamil revolution and Dravidian neoclassicism suggest that modernity is not the mere successor of tradition but the production of tradition, and that this production is a primary modality of modernity, a new newness-albeit a newness of old things. 410 0$aCultures of history. 606 $aFolk literature, Tamil$zIndia$zMadurai 606 $aEpic poetry, Tamil$zIndia$zMadurai 606 $aSpeeches, addresses, etc., Tamil$zIndia$zMadurai 606 $aTamil language$zIndia$zMadurai$xRhetoric 606 $aPolitics and culture$zIndia$zMadurai 606 $aLanguage and culture$zIndia$zMadurai 607 $aMadurai (India)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aFolk literature, Tamil 615 0$aEpic poetry, Tamil 615 0$aSpeeches, addresses, etc., Tamil 615 0$aTamil language$xRhetoric. 615 0$aPolitics and culture 615 0$aLanguage and culture 676 $a398.2/0494811 700 $aBate$b Bernard$0766241 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779273003321 996 $aTamil oratory and the Dravidian aesthetic$91558646 997 $aUNINA