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Author Bajpai, Anandita, author.

Title Speaking the nation : the oratorical making of secular, neoliberal India / Anandita Bajpai
Edition First edition
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 335 pages)
Summary Untangling the logical, lexical and semantic patterns of the multiple official speeches of Indian prime ministers, 'Speaking the Nation' gauges how the Indian state has been projected by different governments in different times, in the face of challenges from internal and external actors that put pressure on its leaders to safeguard their status as legitimate elites in power
Notes This edition previously issued in print: 2018
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 8, 2019)
Subject Prime ministers -- India
Prime ministers -- India -- Language
Political oratory -- India
Speeches, addresses, etc., Indic (English)
Communication in politics -- India
Communication in politics.
Political oratory.
Politics and government.
Prime ministers.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian.
SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946
Subject India.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199095520
0199095523