Language and politics in India

Part of the Themes in Politics series, this volume contextualizes the relationship between language (culture) and politics (power) at the social, political, historical, cultural, and ideological levels. It focuses on explaining the conceptual and historical unfolding of this relationship between 1900 and 2000. INDICE: List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Publisher's Acknowledgements; Introduction: Language and Politics in India (Asha Sarangi);Part I: Language, History, and Nation ; 1.:. Language and the Constitution: The Half-Hearted Compromise (Granville Austin); 2.: Sanskrit for the Nation (Sumathi Ramaswamy); 3.:. Factors in the Linguistic Reorganization of Indian States (Joseph E. Schwartzberg); 4. Elite Interests, Popular Passions, and Social Power in the Language Politics of India (Paul R. Brass); Part II: Language, Region, and State; 5.: The Political Saliency of Language in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Selma K. Sonntag); 6.: Language and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir: Issues and Perspectives (K. Warikoo); 7.:. The Great Language Debate: Politics of Metropolitan versus Vernacular India (D.L. Sheth); Part III: Language and the Identity Politics ; 8. Vanishing Diversities and Submerging Identities: An Indian Case (Anvita Abbi); 9.: Writing, Speaking, Being: Language and the Historical Formation of Identities in India (Sudipta Kaviraj); 10.: Talking the National Language: Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani in Indian Broadcasting and Cinema (David Lelyveld); 11.:. Language and the Right to the City (Janaki Nair); Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806422-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 448
• Fecha Publicación: 16/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés