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Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970
Sumathi Ramaswamy-
Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xiii)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Note on Transliteration (page xviii)
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Preface (page xix)
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1. Introduction: Language in History and Modernity (page 1)
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Language and Devotion (page 4)
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Language, Colonialism, and Modernity (page 9)
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Language and Gender (page 15)
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Preview (page 19)
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2. One Language, Many Imaginings (page 22)
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Religiously Tamil: The Language Divine (page 24)
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Civilizing Tamil: The Language Classical (page 34)
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Language and the Nation: Indianizing Tamil (page 46)
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Language of the Nation: Dravidianizing Tamil (page 62)
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The Many Faces of Tamil (page 77)
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3. Feminizing Language: Tamil as Goddess, Mother, Maiden (page 79)
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The Poetics and Politics of Praise (page 80)
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Tamil as Deity: Pietistics of Tamil Devotion (page 85)
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Tamil as Mother: Somatics of Tamil Devotion (page 97)
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Tamil as Maiden: Erotics of Tamil Devotion (page 114)
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On the Feminization of Language (page 121)
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Visualizing Tamilttay (page 126)
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4. Laboring for Language: The State of Tamil Devotion (page 135)
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Worshipping with Tamil: Language and Liturgy (page 137)
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Cleansing Tamil: Language and Purity (page 144)
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"What's in a Name?": Rechristening Madras State (page 154)
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Enthronement of Tamil: Dilemmas of Rule (page 161)
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Battling the Demoness Hindi (page 168)
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5. To Die For: Living for Language (page 179)
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The Woman Devotee (page 183)
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The Missionary Devotee (page 189)
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The Brahman Devotee (page 194)
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The Poet Devotee (page 204)
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The Scholar Devotee (page 208)
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The Devotee as Publicist (page 215)
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The Devotee as Patron (page 220)
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The Warrior Devotee (page 224)
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The Devotee as Martyr (page 228)
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The Anti-Devotee (page 233)
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6. Conclusion: Tamil Subjects (page 243)
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Notes (page 259)
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References (page 275)
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Index (page 295)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 104.5 (Dec. 1999): 1653-1654 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199912%29104%3A5%3C1653%3APOTTLD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |
JAS | 58.4 (Nov. 1999): 1179-1182 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28199911%2958%3A4%3C1179%3APOTTLD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R |
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Published: c1997
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520208056 (paper)
- 9780520918795 (ebook)
- 9780520208049 (hardcover)