The Radiance of Tamil: Politics, Language, Media - Couverture souple

Nakassis, Constantine V.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9369730893 ISBN 13 : 9789369730896

Editeur : Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

Tamil is one of the longest continuous written traditions of any language in the world. It is also very much a language of the modern world—an official language in three countries, and a recognised minority language in several others that is used across a variety of domains, from education to media to religious practice, literature, everyday talk, and beyond. To engage with Tamil and its culture, in all their dimensions is, therefore, to grapple with social, political, religious, literary, and performative traditions of remarkable depth, nuance and complexity. The Chicago Tamil Forum, an annual workshop at the University of Chicago that brings together international scholars of Tamil language, culture, and history, began in 2014 to advance exciting new approaches to understanding Tamil and the Tamil-speaking world. This volume collects sixteen papers presented at the Forum between 2014 and 2023, which together seek to understand Tamil as a site of politics and power, to explore Tamil language and literature as a medium of social life, and to unravel the dynamics of Tamil within a changing media landscape. The chapters explore a wide range of topics, from studies of poetics, literature and lexicography to language politics, caste and political identity; from populist politics and filmic stardom to theatrical adaption and early modern temple murals. Offering diverse perspectives on South India and disciplinary approaches to studying it, this volume refines and redefines the field of Tamil Studies. It will be of interest to scholars of South India as well as to South Asianists of all stripes.

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À propos de l'auteur

CONSTANTINE V. NAKASSIS is Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago. FRANCIS CODY is Professor, Department of Anthropology and the Asian Institute, and Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. E. ANNAMALAI is the former Director of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, and Visiting Professor of Tamil at the University of Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9369730893
• ISBN 13: 9789369730896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible