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Protestant textuality and the Tamil modern : political oratory and the social imaginary in South Asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bate, Bernard (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Annamalai, E. (Editor), Cody, Francis, 1976- (Editor), Malarvizhi (Editor), Nakassis, Constantine V., 1979- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:South Asia in motion.
Subjects:
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.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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