The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan.
The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan.
The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan.
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Clevedon, England ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2004.
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N420.91712/2
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English
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Physical content
xii, 143 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape -- 2. Divisive postcolonial ideologies, language policies and social practices -- 3. Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular-and English-medium students -- 4. The divisive politics of divergent pedagogica...
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Publisher
Clevedon, England ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial societies such as India, specifically focusing on some local ways in which it falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve dire...
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The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan.
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 49.
Bibliography (p. 131-137) and index.
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N420.91712/2
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74VKdpBBNA2Z
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ISBN
1853597716 (electronic)
9781853597701 (hbk : alk. paper)
1853597708 (hbk : alk. paper)
9781853597695 (pbk : alk. paper)
1853597694 (pbk : alk. paper)
9781853597718 (electronic)
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420.9171241
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991019838689702626
