Description
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.
Author: Lisa Mitchell
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780253220691
ISBN10: 0253220696
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Sociolinguistics
- History | Asia | South | General
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
About the Author
Lisa Mitchell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and History in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.