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Title

  • Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern : political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia

Summary

  • "By tracing the genealogy of Tamil political oratory alongside the development of political modernity in South Asia, the author argues that speech and rhetoric shape how history unfolds and how a social order is structured"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Bate, Bernard, author
  • Annamalai, E., editor
  • Cody, Francis, 1976- editor
  • Malarvizhi, editor
  • Nakassis, Constantine V., 1979- editor

Created / Published

  • Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021.

Contents

  • Foreword : speaking of Barney Bate, or "Tamil oratory is new" / by A.R. Venkatachalapathy -- Introduction : Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern -- The ethics of textuality -- Arumuga Navalar and the Protestant modern -- Speaking Swadeshi -- Subramania Bharati and the Tamil modern -- Elocutionary incandescence -- Epilogue : home rule, the labor movement, and linguistic and political modernity -- Afterword : oratory and the origins of politics / by Sudipta Kaviraj

Headings

  • -  Tamil language--Political aspects--History--20th century
  • -  Political oratory--South Asia--History--20th century
  • -  Rhetoric--Political aspects--South Asia--History--20th century
  • -  Tamil (Indic people)--Politics and government--20th century
  • -  Language and culture--South Asia--History--20th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PL4751

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020050469

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Bate, Bernard, Author, Francis Cody, and Constantine V Nakassis. Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern: political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia. editeds by Annamalai, E, and Malarvizhi Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2021. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020050469/.

APA citation style:

Bate, B., Cody, F. & Nakassis, C. V., Annamalai, E. & Malarvizhi, eds. (2021) Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern: political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020050469/.

MLA citation style:

Bate, Bernard, Author, Francis Cody, and Constantine V Nakassis. Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern: political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia. ed by Annamalai, E, and Malarvizhi Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2021. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020050469/>.