Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India : Making of the Maithili Movement

Jha, Mithilesh Kumar

OUP India（2018/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 368 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199479344
• DDC分類 306.44209541

Full Description

Moving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which mainly focuses on Hindi-Urdu debates, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India examines the formation of Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the 'national' language. It revisits the dynamic hierarchy through which a distinction is produced between 'major' and 'minor' languages. The movement for recognition of Maithili as an independent language has grown assertive even when the authority of Hindi is resolutely reinforced.

The book also examines increasing politicization of the Maithili movement -- from Hindi-Maithili ambiguities and antagonisms, to territorial consciousness, and subsequently to separate statehood demand, along with the persistent popular indifference. Mithilesh Jha examines such processes historically, tracing the formation of Maithili movement from mid-nineteenth century until its inclusion into the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution in 2003.

Contents

List of Maps, Images, and Tables
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Translation
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Language Politics in India and the 'Hindi Heartland'-The Status of Maithili

1 . British Rule and Classifications of Indian Languages: Making of Modern Enumerated Communities
2 . Language, History, Nation, and the Imaginary of Maithili Identity
3 . Maithili Language and the Movement, Part-I
4 . Maithili Language and the Movement, Part-II

Conclusion: Language as a Conceptual Category and Inner Contradictions of the Maithili Movement

Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author