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

Passions of the Tongue

Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970

Sumathi Ramaswamy

Suggested citation:
Ramaswamy, Sumathi. Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5199n9v7/

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Preface

1. Introduction
2. One Language, Many Imaginings
3. Feminizing Language
4. Laboring for Language
5. To Die For
6. Conclusion

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