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Author Chavan, Dilip.

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

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (301 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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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 ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Language policy -- India -- History.
Language policy.
India.
History.
Education and state -- India -- History.
Education and state.
Caste -- India.
Caste.
Elite (Social sciences) -- India.
Elite (Social sciences)
India -- Colonization -- Social aspects -- History.
Colonization.
Social aspects.
India -- Colonization -- Economic aspects -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Chavan, Dilip. Language Politics under Colonialism : Caste, Class and Language Pedagogy in Western India. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 9781443842501
ISBN 9781443865821 (electronic book)
1443865826 (electronic book)
1322057133
9781322057132