Sowmya Dechamma CC

Gebundenes Buch

Languages of Minority

Orality, Translation, and Desiring English

Beschreibung

The book discusses ideas around concepts of orality, the vernacular, translation, and multilinguilism, to argue that the idea of the mother tongue is constructed historically. It highlights the importance of the relationship of minority languages with English, showing how dominant views have shaped these languages and their speakers.

Autor

Sowmya Dechamma C C is a Professor at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad. Prior to this, she taught in Jamia Millia Islamia through 2003-4. She has been a Commonwealth fellow and a Fulbright fellow. Her teaching and research interests are in Comparative Indian Literatures, Cultural Discourses in Contemporary India, Literatures of India, Translation Studies, Minority Languages and Cultural Discourse, and Kodava Performative Cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198908456
• ISBN-10: 0198908458
• Artikelnr.: 74358349