Title Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern : political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia / Bernard Bate ; edited by E. Annamalai, Francis Cody, Malarvizhi Jayanth, and Constantine V. Nakassis

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks
JSTOR Open Access

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 228 pages) : illustrations Series South Asia in motion South Asia in motion. Contents Foreword : speaking of Barney Bate, or "Tamil oratory is new" / by A.R. Venkatachalapathy -- Introduction : Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern -- The ethics of textuality -- Arumuga Navalar and the Protestant modern -- Speaking Swadeshi -- Subramania Bharati and the Tamil modern -- Elocutionary incandescence -- Epilogue : home rule, the labor movement, and linguistic and political modernity -- Afterword : oratory and the origins of politics / by Sudipta Kaviraj Summary "By tracing the genealogy of Tamil political oratory alongside the development of political modernity in South Asia, the author argues that speech and rhetoric shape how history unfolds and how a social order is structured"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 21, 2021) Subject Tamil language -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Political oratory -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century Tamil (Indic people) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Language and culture -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Language and culture Political oratory Rhetoric -- Political aspects Tamil (Indic people) -- Politics and government Tamil language -- Political aspects South Asia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Annamalai, E., editor. Cody, Francis, 1976- editor. Malarvizhi, editor. Nakassis, Constantine V., 1979- editor. LC no. 2020050469 ISBN 9781503628663 1503628663

  Permalink