Ramaswamy, Sumathi.

Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 / Sumathi Ramaswamy. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997. - xxiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 29 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.




Ramaswamy, Sumathi--Knowledge--Dravidian languages.


Language and languages--Study and teaching--United States.
Critical pedagogy--United States.
Language and culture--History.--India
Nationalism--History.--India


India--Languages--Political aspects.
India--History--Historiography.--British occupation, 1765-1947

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