The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice Vaidehi Ramanathan.

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Ramanathan,Vaidehi

Material type: Text

9788125030720

DDC classification:

420.917

Contents:

Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape -- Divisive postcolonial ideologies, language policies, and social practices -- Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular- and English-medium students -- The divisive politics of tracking -- Gulfs and bridges revisited : hybridity, nativization, and other loose ends -- The divisive politics of divergent pedagogical practices at college level.

Summary: This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language 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 directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals Oct-Nov 2021 - Central Library IIITDMK

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIITDM Kurnool General Stacks	Non-fiction	420.917 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0003780

Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape --
Divisive postcolonial ideologies, language policies, and social practices --
Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular- and English-medium students --
The divisive politics of tracking --
Gulfs and bridges revisited : hybridity, nativization, and other loose ends --
The divisive politics of divergent pedagogical practices at college level.

This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language 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 directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system

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