ISBN:
9781032009247
,
9781032011066
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 193 Seiten
Series Statement:
Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.440954/75
Keywords:
Geschichte 1850-1960
;
Nationalismus
;
Sprache
;
Elite
;
Identität
;
Gujarat
;
Language and culture / India / Gujarat
;
Languages in contact / India / Gujarat
;
Identity (Psychology) / India / Gujarat
;
Elite (Social sciences) / India / Gujarat
;
Gujarat (India) / Languages
;
Gujarat (India) / Social conditions / 19th century
;
Gujarat (India) / Social conditions / 20th century
;
Gujarat
;
Elite
;
Sprache
;
Identität
;
Nationalismus
;
Geschichte 1850-1960
Abstract:
"This book is a historical study of modern Gujarat, India, addressing crucial questions of language, identity, and power. It examines the debates over language among the elite of this region during a period of extraordinary social and political change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Language debates closely reflect power relations among different sections of society, such as those delineated by nation, ethnicity, region, religion, caste, class, and gender. They are intimately linked with the process by which individuals and groups of people try to define and project themselves in response to changing political, economic, and social environments. Based on rich historical sources, including official records, periodicals, literary texts, memoirs, and private papers, this book vividly shows the impact that colonialism, nationalism, and the process of nation-building had on the ideas of language among different groups, as well as how various ideas of language competed and negotiated with each other. Language, Identity, and Power in Modern India: Gujarat, c.1850-1960 will be of particular interest to students and scholars working on South Asian history and to those interested in issues of language, society, and politics in different parts of the modern world"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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