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020			_a9781032768304 _c₹1295
040			_aRBU-Library
041			_aEnglish
082			_a412 _bH259
100			_aHarder, Hans
245			_aThe vernacular : _b three essays on an ambivalent concept and its uses in South Asia.
260			_aLondon & New York: _bRoutledge, _c©2024.
300			_a101p.
500			_aThis book examines the validity of the notion of the 'vernacular' and the position of the so-called 'vernaculars' in colonial and postcolonial settings. It addresses recent formulations and debates regarding the status of regional languages of South Asia in relation to English. The authors explore the range of meanings the term has assumed and trace a history of contestation since the colonial age. They contend that though the 'vernacular' in South Asia has, since the 19th century, often operated as a hegemonic category relegating the languages thus designated to an inferior status, those languages (and other cultural formations labeled as 'vernacular') have also received empowering impulses and vested with qualities like groundedness and strength. The book highlights the need for a critical discussion of the notion of the 'vernacular' in the context of the ongoing rise of Anglophonia in South Asia as a whole, and post-liberalization India in particular. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literary and culture studies, history, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.
650			_aVernacular _aSouth Asia _aConcept of Vernacular
700			_aHans Harder, Nishat Zaidi, and Torsten Tschacher
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999			_c122409 _d122409