Language and Politics in India

Sarangi, Asha (Hrsg.)
Language and politics in India / ed. by Asha Sarangi. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 431 S. : Ill. - (Themes in politics series)
ISBN 978-0-19-569786-5 / 0-19-569786-3
Rs. 795,00
US$ 19,00 (Biblia Impex)
US$ 37,00 (DK Agencies)

Beschreibung
Part of the Themes in Politics series, this volume contextualizes the theme of language and politics within an interdisciplinary framework, and draws attention to the intimate and complex overlap between culture and power at various levels. Rather than presenting the language question as simply one of communication in a multilingual country like India, this book analyses overlapping hierarchies centred around the identities of language, region, culture, caste, and religion.
   Thematically organized into three broad sections, the reader examines the relationship between language, history, and nation; deals with the interface between language, region, and state; and situates identity politics within the larger context of language politics. A comprehensive introduction provides an overview of key aspects of language politics in India. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Figures
List of Tables
INTRODUCTION
Asha Sarangi: Language and Politics in India. 1
PART 1: LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND NATION
1. Granville Austin: Language and the constitution : the half-hearted compromise. 41
2. Sumathi Ramaswamy: Sanskrit for the nation. 93
3. Joseph E. Schwartzberg: Factors in the linguistic reorganization of Indian states. 139
4. Paul R. Brass: Elite interests, popular passions, and social power in the language politics of India. 183
PART 2: LANGUAGE, REGION AND STATE
5. Selma K. Sonntag: The political saliency of language in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. 221
6. K. Warikoo: Language and politics in Jammu and Kashmir : issues and perspectives. 243
7. D.L. Sheth: The great language debate : politics of metropolitan versus vernacular India. 267
PART 3: LANGUAGE AND THE IDENTITY POLITICS
8. Anvita Abbi: Vanishing diversities and submerging identities : an Indian case. 299
9. Sudipta Kaviraj: Writing, speaking, being : language and the historical formation of identities in India. 312
10. David Lelyveld: Talking the national language : Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani in Indian broadcasting and cinema. 351
11. Janaki Nair: Language and the right to the city. 368
Select Bibliography. 416
Notes on Contributors. 430

Herausgeberin
ASHA SARANGI, Associate Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Faculty profile.

Quellen: Oxford University Press (India); Mailing-Liste H-Asia, 27. Januar 2009; Biblia Impex; WorldCat; DK Agencies.