The Light of Knowledge : Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India

Cowinner of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology's Edward Sapir Book Prize Since the early 1990s hundreds of thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons and other events designed to transform them into active citizens with access to state power. Thes...

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Main Author: Cody, Francis (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 20130913
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