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Language and the Making of Modern India - Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1956 (Hardcover)
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Language and the Making of Modern India - Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1956 (Hardcover)
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Through an examination of the creation of the first linguistically
organized province in India, Odisha, Pritipuspa Mishra explores the
ways regional languages came to serve as the most acceptable
registers of difference in post-colonial India. She argues that
rather than disrupting the rise and spread of All-India
nationalism, regional linguistic nationalism enabled and deepened
the reach of nationalism in provincial India. Yet this positive
narrative of the resolution of Indian multilingualism ignores the
cost of linguistic division. Examining the case of the Adivasis of
Odisha, Mishra shows how regional languages in India have come to
occupy a curiously hegemonic position. Her study pushes us to
rethink our understanding of the vernacular in India as a powerless
medium and acknowledges the institutional power of language,
contributing to global debates about linguistic justice and the
governance of multilingualism. This title is also available as Open
Access.
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