Dynamics among Mother Language, Motherland, and Liberation Struggle Decolonization of South Asia in Perspective
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
21.07.2026
Abbildungen
XVII, 9 illus., 8 illus. in color., schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen
Verlag
SpringerSeitenzahl
341
Maße (L/B)
21/14.8 cm
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-032-28542-3
This book offers a comparative study of how language movements shaped divergent paths of nation-building in postcolonial South Asia. Focusing on East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and Tamil-speaking regions of Sri Lanka, it examines why two linguistic struggles—both rooted in cultural rights—produced radically different outcomes: a successful Liberation War in 1971 and a protracted Civil War from the 1980s onward. Drawing on Benedict Anderson, Edward Said, and Gayatri Spivak, it explores official nationalisms (Urdu, Sinhala) versus vernacular counter-nationalisms (Bengali, Tamil); reveals how writers of novels, poems, and plays shaped national consciousness; and highlights contrasting impacts of language movements on women’s emancipation. The book traces the trajectory from cultural grievance to armed struggle, arguing that language rights are not symbolic but structural to political life in decolonized states. By comparing the secular Bengali movement with the sectarian Tamil struggle, it illuminates the possibilities—and limits—of emancipation in modern times.
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