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Book Summary
The bilingual relationship between the English and the Indian vernaculars has
long been crucial to the construction of ideology as well as cultural and
political hierarchies. Print was vital for colonial literacy; it was thereby
instrumental in initiating a shift in the relation between 'high' and 'low'
languages. Here, Dr Naregal examines the relationship between linguistic
hierarchies, textual practices and power in colonial western India. Whereas most
studies of colonialism focus on India's 'high' literary culture, this book looks
at how local intellectuals exploited their 'middling' position through such
initiatives as the establishment of newspapers and of influential channels of
communication.
How were the 'native' intelligentsia able to
- ISBN-13
- 9781843310556
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Publishing Date
- 2002-03-01
- Product Edition
- New ed
- Total Pages
- 312
Language, Politics, Elites And The Public Sphere: Western India Under Colonialism
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Book Summary
The bilingual relationship between the English and the Indian vernaculars has
long been crucial to the construction of ideology as well as cultural and
political hierarchies. Print was vital for colonial literacy; it was thereby
instrumental in initiating a shift in the relation between 'high' and 'low'
languages. Here, Dr Naregal examines the relationship between linguistic
hierarchies, textual practices and power in colonial western India. Whereas most
studies of colonialism focus on India's 'high' literary culture, this book looks
at how local intellectuals exploited their 'middling' position through such
initiatives as the establishment of newspapers and of influential channels of
communication.
How were the 'native' intelligentsia able to
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9781843310556
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Publishing Date
- 2002-03-01
- Product Edition
- New ed
- Total Pages
- 312