Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 / / Sumathi Ramaswamy
| Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 / / Sumathi Ramaswamy |
| Autore | Ramaswamy Sumathi |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 494/.811/0954 |
| Collana |
Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Studies on the history of society and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Study and teaching - United States
Critical pedagogy - United States Language and culture - India - History Nationalism - India - History Critical pedagogy - History - United States Language and culture - History - India Nationalism - India |
| ISBN |
0-520-91879-7
0-585-10600-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Language in History and Modernity -- 2. One Language, Many Imaginings -- 3. Feminizing Language: Tamil as Goddess, Mother, Maiden -- 4. Laboring for Language: The State of Tamil Devotion -- 5. To Die For: Living for Language -- 6. Conclusion: Tamil Subjects -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247919403316 |
Ramaswamy Sumathi
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 / / Sumathi Ramaswamy
| Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 / / Sumathi Ramaswamy |
| Autore | Ramaswamy Sumathi |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 494/.811/0954 |
| Collana |
Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Studies on the history of society and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Study and teaching - United States
Critical pedagogy - United States Language and culture - India - History Nationalism - India - History Critical pedagogy - History - United States Language and culture - History - India Nationalism - India |
| ISBN |
9780520918795
0520918797 9780585106007 0585106002 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Language in History and Modernity -- 2. One Language, Many Imaginings -- 3. Feminizing Language: Tamil as Goddess, Mother, Maiden -- 4. Laboring for Language: The State of Tamil Devotion -- 5. To Die For: Living for Language -- 6. Conclusion: Tamil Subjects -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910496145503321 |
Ramaswamy Sumathi
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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