Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue - Lisa Mitchell - Books - Indiana University Press - 9780253220691 - March 18, 2009
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Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue

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What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events.


304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 18, 2009
ISBN13 9780253220691
Publishers Indiana University Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 157 × 235 × 22 mm   ·   476 g

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