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What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events.

Language Emotion and Politics in South India

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What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern... Read more

    Publisher: MH - Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 3/18/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780253220691, 978-0253220691
    ISBN10: 0253220696

    Number of Pages: 304

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    What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events.

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