Language, identity, and power in modern India Gujarat, c. 1850-1960 Isaka, Riho creator author. Taylor & Francis text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2022 2022 monographic eng remote 1 online resource : illustrations, maps "This book is a historical study of modern Gujarat, India, addressing crucial questions of language, identity, and power. It examines the debates over language among the elite of this region during a period of extraordinary social and political change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Language debates closely reflect power relations among different sections of society, such as those delineated by nation, ethnicity, region, religion, caste, class, and gender. They are intimately linked with the process by which individuals and groups of people try to define and project themselves in response to changing political, economic, and social environments. Based on rich historical sources, including official records, periodicals, literary texts, memoirs, and private papers, this book vividly shows the impact that colonialism, nationalism, and the process of nation-building had on the ideas of language among different groups, as well as how various ideas of language competed and negotiated with each other. Language, Identity, and Power in Modern India: Gujarat, c.1850-1960 will be of particular interest to students and scholars working on South Asian history and to those interested in issues of language, society, and politics in different parts of the modern world"-- Riho Isaka. Includes bibliographical references and index. Riho Isaka is a Professor of the Department of Area Studies at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. Her research interests concern issues of language, politics, food, and identity in colonial and postcolonial India, especially Gujarat. a-ii--- Language and culture India Gujarat Languages in contact India Gujarat Identity (Psychology) India Gujarat Elite (Social sciences) India Gujarat Gujarat (India) Languages Gujarat (India) Social conditions 19th century Gujarat (India) Social conditions 20th century Langage et culture Inde Gujarāt Langues en contact Inde Gujarāt Identité (Psychologie) Inde Gujarāt Élite (Sciences sociales) Inde Gujarāt Gujarāt (Inde) Langues Gujarāt (Inde) Conditions sociales 19e siècle Gujarāt (Inde) Conditions sociales 20e siècle SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies General Elite (Social sciences) Identity (Psychology) Language and culture Language and languages Languages in contact Social conditions India Gujarat 1800-1999 fast P35.5.I4 I73 2022 306.440954/75 Language, identity, and power in modern India Isaka, Riho. London ; New York : Routledge, 2021 (DLC) 2021024100 (OCoLC)1260689170 Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies 9781003177166 1003177166 9781000468595 1000468593 9781000468588 1000468585 9781032009247 1032009241 2021024101 9781003177166 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003177166 DLC 210709 20241018151032.0 in00005506961 eng