Hindi Nationalism

Autor*innen

• Alok Rai

Parameter

• 138 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Politik
• Politikwissenschaft
• Sachliteratur

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This tract looks at the politics of language in India through a study of the history of one language Hindi. It traces the tragic metamorphosis of this language over the last century, from a creative, dynamic, popular language to a dead, Sanskritised, dePersianised language manufactured by a self-serving upper caste North Indian elite, nurturing hegemonic ambitions. From being a symbol of collective imagination it became a signifier of narrow sectarianism and regional chauvinism. The tract shows how this trans- formation of the language was tied up with the politics of communalism and regionalism.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Einband: Paperback