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02137 a2200241 4500 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691223131 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
427.954 |
| Item number |
SAX |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Saxena, Akshya |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Vernacular English: reading the Anglophone in postcolonial India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Princeton, New Jersey: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 206p.: |
| Other physical details |
ill; pbk: |
| Dimensions |
23cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Translation/ transnation |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index.<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Against a groundswell of critiques of global English, Vernacular English argues that literary studies are yet to confront the true political import of the English language in the world today. A comparative study of three centuries of English literature and media in India, this original and provocative book tells the story of English in India as a tale not of imperial coercion, but of a people’s language in a postcolonial democracy.<br/>Focusing on experiences of hearing, touching, remembering, speaking, and seeing English, Akshya Saxena delves into a previously unexplored body of texts from English and Hindi literature, law, film, visual art, and public protests. She reveals little-known debates and practices that have shaped the meanings of English in India and the Anglophone world, including the overlooked history of the legislation of English in India. She also calls attention to how low castes and minority ethnic groups have routinely used this elite language to protest the Indian state.<br/>Challenging prevailing conceptions of English as a vernacular and global lingua franca, Vernacular English does nothing less than reimagine what a language is and the categories used to analyze it.<br/><br/>https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691223131/vernacular-english |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English language--Social aspects--India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indic literature (English)--20th century--history and criticism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language policy--India--History--20th century |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Anglophone |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indian Anglophone literature |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dalit Anglophone |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
