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281 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780253220691
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 18 March 2009
Description
What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the mid-20th century, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of language. Lisa Mitchell traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linke...
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281 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780253220691
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 18 March 2009
Description
What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the mid-20th century, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of language. Lisa Mitchell traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linke...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings