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1 online resource (xix, 215 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-207) and index. |
| Summary |
A sea change has occurred in the Indian economy in the last three decades, spurring the desire to learn English. Most scholars and media venues have focused on English exclusively for its ties to processes of globalization and the rise of new employment opportunities. The pursuit of class mobility, however, involves Hindi as much as English in the vast Hindi-Belt of northern India. Schools are institutions on which class mobility depends, and they are divided by Hindi and English in the rubric of "medium," the primary language of pedagogy. This book demonstrates that the school division a. |
| Contents |
On mother and other tongues: language ideology, inequality, and contradiction -- Disparate markets: the uneven resonance of language-medium schooling in the nation -- Advertising in the periphery: modes of communication and the production of school value -- An alter voice: questioning the inevitability of the language-medium divide -- In and out of the classroom: a focus on English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education -- Social aspects -- India.
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Education -- Social aspects. |
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India. |
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Language and education -- India.
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Language and education. |
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Language policy -- India.
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Language policy. |
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English language -- Study and teaching -- India.
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English language -- Study and teaching. |
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Social classes -- India.
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Social classes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: LaDousa, Chaise. Hindi is our ground, English is our sky. New York : Berghahn Books, 2014 9781782382324 (DLC) 2013022442 (OCoLC)843862184 |
| ISBN |
9781782382331 (electronic book) |
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178238233X (electronic book) |
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9781782382324 |
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1782382321 |
| Standard No. |
ebr10833628 |
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