Language and the Making of Modern India
Through an examination of the creation of the first linguistically organized province in India, Odisha, Pritipuspa Mishra explores the ways regional languages came to serve as the most acceptable registers of difference in post-colonial India. She argues that rather than disrupting the rise and spre...
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| description | Through an examination of the creation of the first linguistically organized province in India, Odisha, Pritipuspa Mishra explores the ways regional languages came to serve as the most acceptable registers of difference in post-colonial India. She argues that rather than disrupting the rise and spread of All-India nationalism, regional linguistic nationalism enabled and deepened the reach of nationalism in provincial India. Yet this positive narrative of the resolution of Indian multilingualism ignores the cost of linguistic division. Examining the case of the Adivasis of Odisha, Mishra shows how regional languages in India have come to occupy a curiously hegemonic position. Her study pushes us to rethink our understanding of the vernacular in India as a powerless medium and acknowledges the institutional power of language, contributing to global debates about linguistic justice and the governance of multilingualism. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-350142025-07-31T07:17:33Z Language and the Making of Modern India Mishra, Pritipuspa History Asia India & South Asia thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history Through an examination of the creation of the first linguistically organized province in India, Odisha, Pritipuspa Mishra explores the ways regional languages came to serve as the most acceptable registers of difference in post-colonial India. She argues that rather than disrupting the rise and spread of All-India nationalism, regional linguistic nationalism enabled and deepened the reach of nationalism in provincial India. Yet this positive narrative of the resolution of Indian multilingualism ignores the cost of linguistic division. Examining the case of the Adivasis of Odisha, Mishra shows how regional languages in India have come to occupy a curiously hegemonic position. Her study pushes us to rethink our understanding of the vernacular in India as a powerless medium and acknowledges the institutional power of language, contributing to global debates about linguistic justice and the governance of multilingualism. 2021-02-10T14:22:32Z 2021-02-10T14:22:32Z 2020-12-15T14:23:05Z 2018 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44086 9781108591263 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35014 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44086/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44086/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44086/1/external_content.pdf Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108591263 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108591263 12615a55-20f1-4eb5-a6c9-5eb6541f63e5 Knowledge Unlatched 9781108591263 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books Cambridge University Press open access |
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| topic | History Asia India & South Asia thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history |
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