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100			_aMishra, Pritipuspa _9752249
245			_aLanguage and the making of modern India : _bNationalism and the vernacular in colonial Odisha, 1803-1956
260			_aNew Delhi : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_ax, 247p.
520			_aThrough 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.
650			_aLanguage policy -- Political aspects -- India -- Odisha _9811228
650			_aOdisha (India) -- Languages -- Political aspects _9811229
650			_aHistory / Asia / General _9784144
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