Language Politics under Colonialism : Caste, Class and Language Pedagogy in Western India.

By:

Chavan, Dilip

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443865821
1443865826
1322057133
9781322057132

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language Politics under Colonialism : Caste, Class and Language Pedagogy in Western India.DDC classification:

325.54

LOC classification:

P119.32.I4 .C384 2013

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one -- theoretical preliminaries; chapter two -- warring languages; chapter three -- language politics; chapter four -- the standardisation of marathi; chapter five -- politics of patronage and institutionalisation of language hierarchy; chapter six -- curriculum, ideology and pedagogy; chapter seven -- conclusion; bibliography; glossary; appendix i; index.

Summary: This book attempts to capture the reconfiguration of the pre-modern power structure within colonialism, in the specific context of education and linguistic policies implemented by the colonial administration in Western India. The interrelationship existing between caste power, dominance, colonialism and their cultural implications has been a rather ignored subject in postcolonial theory; analysis of the interplay between primordial power structures like caste and colonial modernity has only r ...

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This book attempts to capture the reconfiguration of the pre-modern power structure within colonialism, in the specific context of education and linguistic policies implemented by the colonial administration in Western India. The interrelationship existing between caste power, dominance, colonialism and their cultural implications has been a rather ignored subject in postcolonial theory; analysis of the interplay between primordial power structures like caste and colonial modernity has only r ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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