Tamil : A Biography / David Shulman.
Shulman, David, author.
2016
DS432
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Title Tamil : A Biography / David Shulman.
Author Shulman, David, author.
ISBN 9780674974678
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974678
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (386 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674974678 doi
Call Number DS432
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.894/811
Summary Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history.
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In Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Note on Transliteration
Beginnings
First Budding: Tamil from the Inside
Second Budding: The Musical Self
The Imperial Moment, Truth, and Sound
Republic of Syllables
A Tamil Modernity
Beyond the Merely Modern
Notes
References
Credits
Index

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