Language and the Making of Modern India
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations |
| ISBN-13 | 9781108591263 |
| Open Library | OL21657749W |
| Total publications | 2 |
| Coverage period | 2020 - 2020 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 1.5 |
Through an examination of the creation of the first linguistically organized province in India, Odisha, Pritipuspa Mishra explores the ways regional languages came to serve as the most acceptable registers of difference in post-colonial India. She argues that rather than disrupting the rise and spread of All-India nationalism, regional linguistic nationalism enabled and deepened the reach of nationalism in provincial India. Yet this positive narrative of the resolution of Indian multilingualism ignores the cost of linguistic division. Examining the case of the Adivasis of Odisha, Mishra shows how regional languages in India have come to occupy a curiously hegemonic position. Her study pushes us to rethink our understanding of the vernacular in India as a powerless medium and acknowledges the institutional power of language, contributing to global debates about linguistic justice and the governance of multilingualism. This title is also available as Open Access.
Language and the Making of Modern India
Postscript
In the postscript, I remark on the tenacity of the narratives of regional linguistic identity that were produced in the early twentieth century and the way in which elite justifications for a homogenous, Odia-speaking community came to transcend the sites of their production to take a central place in the nation's imagination. Through a discussion of contemporary adivasi activism as part of the Maoist movement, adivasi opposition to economic libe…
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Language and the Making of Modern India
Postscript
In the postscript, I remark on the tenacity of the narratives of regional linguistic identity that were produced in the early twentieth century and the way in which elite justifications for a homogenous, Odia-speaking community came to transcend the sites of their production to take a central place in the nation's imagination. Through a discussion of contemporary adivasi activism as part of the Maoist movement, adivasi opposition to economic libe…