Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 by Sumathi Ramaswamy

Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970

Sumathi Ramaswamy

343 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

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Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? Passions of the Tongue analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment,...

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