Language as Identity in Colonial India: Policies and Politics

By Pāpiẏā Sēngupta

Book Overview

Analyzes language and its role in identity formation in British India, an area devoid of any systematic study

Systematically tracks the politics of language in the colonial period, and shows how that conditioned post-independence politics

Places language at the core of thinking and rationalizing about India

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811349592
• ISBN13: 9789811349591
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"