Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern : Political Oratory and the Social Imaginary in South Asia.
Bate, Bernard.
Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern : Political Oratory and the Social Imaginary in South Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages) - South Asia in Motion Series . - South Asia in Motion Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Editors' Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Citations -- Bernard Bate's Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Speaking of Barney Bate -- Introduction: Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern -- PART I: THE PROTESTANT MODERN -- 1 The Ethics of Textuality -- 2 Arumuga Navalar and the Protestant Modern -- PART II: THE TAMIL MODERN -- 3 Speaking Swadeshi, Madras 1907 -- 4 Subramania Bharati and the Tamil Modern -- 5 Elocutionary Incandescence -- Epilogue: Home Rule, the Labor Movement, and Linguistic and Political Modernity -- Afterword: Oratory and the Origins of Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
This book explains how modern political oratory in Tamil emerged out of Protestant missionary forms of speech.
9781503628663
Political oratory-History-South Asia-20th century.
Rhetoric-Political aspects-History-South Asia-20th century.
Tamil language-Political aspects-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
PL4751 .B384 2021
494.811
Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern : Political Oratory and the Social Imaginary in South Asia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages) - South Asia in Motion Series . - South Asia in Motion Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Editors' Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Citations -- Bernard Bate's Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Speaking of Barney Bate -- Introduction: Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern -- PART I: THE PROTESTANT MODERN -- 1 The Ethics of Textuality -- 2 Arumuga Navalar and the Protestant Modern -- PART II: THE TAMIL MODERN -- 3 Speaking Swadeshi, Madras 1907 -- 4 Subramania Bharati and the Tamil Modern -- 5 Elocutionary Incandescence -- Epilogue: Home Rule, the Labor Movement, and Linguistic and Political Modernity -- Afterword: Oratory and the Origins of Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
This book explains how modern political oratory in Tamil emerged out of Protestant missionary forms of speech.
9781503628663
Political oratory-History-South Asia-20th century.
Rhetoric-Political aspects-History-South Asia-20th century.
Tamil language-Political aspects-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
PL4751 .B384 2021
494.811