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Indian Modernities Literary Cultures from the 18th to the 20th Century

Indian Modernities Literary Cultures from the 18th to the 20th Century

This volume studies the ways in which modernity has been conceived practiced and performed in Indian literatures from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It brings together essays on writings in Hindi Urdu Punjabi Bengali Odia Gujarati Marathi Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam and languages from Northeast India which form a dialogical relationship with each other in this volume. The concurrence and contradictions emerging through these studies problematize the idea of modernity afresh. The book challenges the dominance of colonial modernity through sociohistorical and cultural analysis of how modernity surfaces as a multifaceted phenomenon when contextualized in the multilingual ethos of India. It further tracks the complex ways in which modernism in India is tied to the harvests of modernity. It argues for the need to shift focus on the specific conditions that gave shape to multiple modernities within literatures produced from India. A versatile collection the book incorporates engagements with not just long prose fiction but also lesser-known essays research works and short stories published in popular magazines. This unique work will be of interest to students and teachers of Indian writing in English Indian literatures and comparative literatures. It will be indispensable to scholars of South Asian studies literary historians linguists and scholars of cultural studies across the globe. | Indian Modernities Literary Cultures from the 18th to the 20th Century

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The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

This companion gives a comprehensive overview of the history of primary education in India. It presents an analytical narrative of the progress of primary education as a national endeavour in colonial post-colonial and contemporary India and studies its transformative policy journey culminating in the adoption of education as a fundamental human right. The book looks behind and beyond stated policy goals and outcomes to examine the processes involved in implementing positive change and discusses the underlying socio-political factors affecting education in India. The author also shares reflections on the reform measures needed to achieve the goal of education for all in India. Rich in archival resources this companion will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of history of education education Indian history colonial history and South Asian history. It will also be useful for policymakers organizations and professionals working in the field of education. | The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

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English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

This volume brings together an unusual collection of British captivity writings – composed during and after imprisonment and in conditions of siege. Writings from the ‘Mutiny’ of 1857 are well known but there exists a vast body of texts from Afghanistan Sri Lanka and Burma and the Indian subcontinent that have rarely been compiled or examined. Written in anxiety and distress or recalled with poignancy and anger these siege narratives depict a very different Briton. A far cry from the triumphant conqueror explorer or ruler these texts give us the vulnerable injured and frightened Englishman and woman who seek in the most adverse of conditions to retain a measure of stoicism and identity. From Robert Knox’s 17th-century account of imprisonment in Sri Lanka through J. Z. Holwell’s famous account of the ‘Black Hole’ of Calcutta through Florentia Sale’s Afghan memoir and Lady Inglis’s ‘Mutiny’ diary from Lucknow the book opens up a dark and revealing corner of the colonial archive. Lucid and intriguing this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asia colonial history literary and culture studies. | English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

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An Introduction to the Social Geography of India Concepts Problems and Prospects

An Introduction to the Social Geography of India Concepts Problems and Prospects

This book discusses the significance of social geography a multidimensional sub-discipline of georgraphy encompassing social health social security and social ethos. It presents the socio-spatial dynamics of the population in India through an understanding of the various issues related to migration urbanisation unemployment poverty and public health. With a thorough analysis of various social indicators relating to health education income and employment the volume presents a detailed picture of the social geography of India. It discusses in detail The origin nature and scope of social geography its relations with other social sciences and applications The nature and importance of social well-being along with welfare geography and the role of welfare state in ensuring social well-being The population of India and its attributes The status and spatial patterns of various social indicators relating to health education and income and employment The composite indices which aggregate several social indicators such as the Human Development Index Multidimensional Poverty Index and Sustainable Developmental Goals Index in the context of India. This comprehensive book will be useful for students researchers and teachers of social geography human geography population geography demography and sociology. The book can also be used by students preparing for exams like civil services UPSC PSC and other competitive exams. | An Introduction to the Social Geography of India Concepts Problems and Prospects

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The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka Resistance and Reconfiguration

The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka Resistance and Reconfiguration

This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war. The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity media censorship the experience of women in war as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka. A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature the companion will be indispensable to students scholars and researchers of ethnic studies war and peace studies peace and conflict studies literature cultural studies political sociology and South Asian studies particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature. | The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka Resistance and Reconfiguration

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The Language Loss of the Indigenous

The Language Loss of the Indigenous

This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise — the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here show how the cultures and the imaginative expressions of indigenous communities all over the world are undergoing a phase of rapid depletion. They unravel the indifference of market forces to diversity and that of the states unwilling to protect and safeguard these marginalized communities. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural and literary studies linguistics sociology and social anthropology as well as tribal and indigenous studies. | The Language Loss of the Indigenous

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Understanding the China Threat

Understanding the China Threat

This book examines the contours of the Sino-American confrontation and its future trajectories. It delineates the two major causes of the friction in Sino-American relations—change in the balance of power in China’s favor and the conf licting ideologies of the two states—and emphasizes why it is imperative for the U. S. to hold on to its ideological principles. It demonstrates the ultimate and irreconcilable gap in the visions the two competitors have for international politics and consequently why conf lict—certainly cold and very possibly hot—is inevitable. The authors also suggest measures which the U. S. can adopt to sustain its leadership and deter China’s ideology and vision for the future of global politics. A significant contribution to the study of Sino-American relations the volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of international relations foreign policy and U. S. and Chinese politics. It will be of great interest to think tanks public policy professionals and the interested general reader. | Understanding the China Threat

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Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

This book reconstructs Istanbul through the prism of Orhan Pamuk’s fiction. It navigates the multiple selves and layers of Istanbul to present how the city has shaped the writings of Pamuk and has in turn been shaped by it. Through everyday objects and architecture it shows how Pamuk transforms the city into a living museum where different objects converse along with characters to present a rich tapestry across space and time. Further the monograph explores the formation of communal and literary identity within and around nation-building narratives informed by capitalism and modernization. The book also examines how Pamuk uses the postmodern city to move beyond its postmodern confines and utilizes the theories and universes of Bakhtin Benjamin and Foucault to open up his fiction and radically challenge the idea of the novel. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature literary theory museum studies architecture and cultural studies and especially appeal to readers of Orhan Pamuk. | Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

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The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept theories and causes of poverty as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups such as women children and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical evidence-based and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers educators and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor people. The first of its kind the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies economics social work political studies poverty studies population and demographic studies sociology social anthropology public policy and political economy especially those concerned with the Global South. | The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

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Decolonising Heritage in South Asia The Global the National and the Transnational

Decolonising Heritage in South Asia The Global the National and the Transnational

This volume cross-examines the stability of heritage as a concept. It interrogates the past which materialises through multi-layered narratives on monuments and other objects that sustain cultural diversity. It seeks to understand how interpretations of “monuments” as “texts” are affected at the local level of experience even as institutions such as UNESCO work to globalise and fix constructs of stable and universal heritage. Shifting away from a largely Eurocentric concept associated with architecture and monumental archaeology this book reassesses how local and regional heritage needs to be balanced with the global and transnational. It argues that material objects and monuments are not static embodiments of culture but are rather a medium through which identity power and society are produced and reproduced. This is especially relevant in South and Southeast Asian contexts where debates over heritage often have local regional and national political implications and consequences. Reevaluating how traditional valuation of monuments and cultural landscapes could help aid sustainability and long-term preservation of the heritage this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian history heritage studies archaeology cultural studies tourism studies and political history as well. | Decolonising Heritage in South Asia The Global the National and the Transnational

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The Making of Modern Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah and the Politics of the State

The Making of Modern Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah and the Politics of the State

This book traces the roots of modern-day Kashmir and the role of Sheikh Abdullah in its making. As the most influential political figurehead in twentieth-century Kashmir he played a crucial role in its transformation from a kingdom to a state in independent India. He was enigmatic and complex to say the least. Following his meteoric rise he dominated the political scene for more than 50 years with enduring impact. The volume presents a keen analysis of pre-Independence events which led to the emergence of a controversial and confused identity of the region. It also looks at other major themes in the political life of Kashmir including the formation of the Muslim Conference the plebiscite movement and the Kashmir Accord. A major intervention in the political life of South Asia this book presents an inside-view of the history of modern Kashmir through the life and times of Sheikh Abdullah. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics history and modern South Asia. | The Making of Modern Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah and the Politics of the State

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The Languages of Religion Exploring the Politics of the Sacred

The Languages of Religion Exploring the Politics of the Sacred

This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion. Through an investigation of the diverse forms of religious language available — oral traditions sacred texts evangelical prose and national rhetoric used by ‘faith-insiders’ such as missionaries priests or religious leaders who play the communicator’s role between the sacred and the secular — the chapters in the volume reveal the dependence of religion upon language demonstrating how religion draws strength from a past that is embedded in narratives infusing the ‘sacred’ language with political power. The book combines broad theoretical and normative reflections in contexts of original detailed and closely examined empirical case studies. Drawing upon resources across disciplines the book will be of interest to scholars of religion and religious studies linguistics politics cultural studies history sociology and social anthropology. | The Languages of Religion Exploring the Politics of the Sacred

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The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

This handbook takes us through the making of The Wandering Earth one of the highest-grossing non-English films of all time. It is a rare in-depth behind-the-scenes study of the making of a masterpiece taking the reader through the entire production process of a landmark Chinese science fiction film. The book brings to life how The Wandering Earth was created from words to images by a young and innovative professional team assembled by director Frant Gwo. It discusses specialized details of the filmmaking process and the collaborative work of the crew and the cast involved to present an intuitive feeling of the film’s production. A step-by-step guide on the making of a radical large-scale film this handbook critically examines its various stages such as its development and production stages – the planning preparing recruiting setting up departments and processes; writing the screenplay; creating a visual style and the production design; and the principal photography; its challenging post-production stages – the editing visual effects production color mixing; dubbing sound editing; publicity etc. Further the chapters in volume also explore how Chinese science fiction films disrupt the Western narrative context and provide the larger discourse on Chinese science fiction. Richly illustrated with exclusive first-hand visuals from the making of the film this handbook part of the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series will be an essential read for professionals scholars researchers and students of film and media production film studies popular culture cultural studies Chinese studies world literature and science fiction. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in filmmaking. | The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

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India and the Changing World Order

India and the Changing World Order

This book brings together new perspectives on India’s foreign policy in the light of a constantly shifting world order. From India’s relations in its immediate neighborhood to its China policy from India-US relations under Biden to Quad from Grand Strategy to peacekeeping this book brings to the fore the shifting terrains of global politics and India’s significant place in it. The chapters in the volume: Critically examine changing preoccupations of India’s foreign policy and its geopolitical interests including its Act East Policy; Include comprehensive inputs on India’s China policy and relations with Japan; Explore India’s relations with the USA the Middle-East Afghanistan and Central Asia; Discuss at length India’s nuclear energy and foreign investment policies; Analyze India’s positioning on the emergence of the Indo-Pacific discourse. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science and international relations. It will also be of use to foreign policy and diplomacy practitioners career bureaucrats and government think tanks. | India and the Changing World Order

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Locating BRICS in the Global Order Perspectives from the Global South

Locating BRICS in the Global Order Perspectives from the Global South

BRICS is conceivably the most formidable organisation to have emerged in the post-Cold War period in the non-Western world. This book highlights the significance of BRICS in a wider global context and foregrounds the long-pending demand for the reform of global governance institutions. The volume: • Traces how the organisation came into being and looks at the distinct norms and principles espoused by it • Discusses the glaring limitations of the existing institutions of global governance • Explores the economic growth and the rising political influence of BRICS states • Analyses the internal threats to the survival of the organisation and assesses its prospects in the foreseeable future. A significant intervention in situating BRICS as one of the major players in global governance the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international political economy international business and finance international relations politics and Global South Studies. | Locating BRICS in the Global Order Perspectives from the Global South

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Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

This book examines the role of women bloggers in the Indian Blogosphere. It explores how women use new media technologies to create online spaces that share knowledge raise awareness and build communities. A unique work at the intersection of digital culture feminist theory and diaspora/transnationalism studies this book brings to light layered and complex issues such as identity gender performativity presentation of self migration and citizenship. This volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies political studies gender studies women’s studies sociology diaspora studies feminist theory media and communication studies. | Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

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Understanding Public Speaking A Learner's Guide to Persuasive Oratory

Understanding Public Speaking A Learner's Guide to Persuasive Oratory

Public speaking is a much coveted yet difficult art. This book illustrates the use of various linguistic devices and persuasive strategies with examples from the speeches of powerful orators in history. It systematically draws on the various approaches to public speaking and persuasive discourse to present new insights and techniques. The volume: Critically examines strategies of persuasive oratory. Draws on extensive investigation of a corpus of famous public speeches in history. Focuses on the needs of those who want to brush up their public speaking skills. The volume will be a key reference for aspiring civil servants lawyers business and corporate professionals and politicians. It will be of great interest to scholars of linguistics and political and business communication. | Understanding Public Speaking A Learner's Guide to Persuasive Oratory

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Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

This book focuses on India’s anti-colonial politics which Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) brought into the mainstream of nationalist thinking. It browses through the entire corpus of Tagore’s writings in the genres of poetry fiction and essays to glean both used and hitherto unused/un-translated writings that illumine Tagore’s gender consciousness and (proto)feminist thought and empathy presenting it in a wholly new light. It teases out Tagore’s original views on India’s industrial-capitalist development and his views on the roles of applied scientists and engineers in it to highlight his critique of the nature of science teaching in colonial India. The volume also delineates Tagore’s Upanişadic ecologism that creatively evoked anticolonialism and patriotism. Lucid and topical the book will be indispensable for students and researchers in the fields of comparative literature history political science international relations and sociology at all levels and anybody interested in literary criticism and cultural studies. | Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

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English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

This book looks at the figure of the English teacher in Indian classrooms and examines the practice and relevance of English and India’s colonial legacy many decades after independence. The book is an account of the varied experiences of teaching English in universities in different parts of the country. It highlights the changes in curriculum and teaching practices and how the discipline lent itself to a study of culture historical contexts the fashioning of identities or reform over the years. The volume presents the dramatic changes in the composition of the English classroom in terms of gender class caste and indigenous communities in recent decades as well as the shifts in teaching strategies and curriculum which the new diversity necessitated. The essays in the collection also examine the distinctiveness of English practice in India through classroom accounts which explore themes like post-coloniality feminism and human rights through the study of texts by Shakespeare Beckett Doris Lessing and poetry from the Northeast. This book will be of interest to academics researchers students and practitioners of English Studies education colonial studies cultural studies and South Asian studies as well as those concerned with the history of higher education and the establishment of disciplines and institutions. | English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

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Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

This book is an original systematic and radical attempt at decolonizing critical theory. Drawing on linguistic concepts from 16 languages from Asia Africa the Arab world and South America the essays in the volume explore the entailments of words while discussing their conceptual implications for the humanities and the social sciences everywhere. The essays engage in the work of thinking through words to generate a conceptual vocabulary that will allow for a global conversation on social theory which will be necessarily multilingual. With essays by scholars across generations and from a variety of disciplines – history anthropology and philosophy to literature and political theory – this book will be essential reading for scholars researchers and students of critical theory and the social sciences. | Changing Theory Concepts from the Global South

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Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education ranging from theory to practice. It contextualizes the concept and practice of community engagement in the contemporary context capturing global experiences insights and varied standpoints. The volume also identifies gaps present in the system and recommends solutions for the successful implementation and scaling up of the practice of community engagement not only in India but also at the global level. It also brings to the forefront; opinions perspectives and experiences of stellar women and their valuable scholarship with the aim of addressing the gender gap in the field of knowledge production on community engagement. The book will be of interest to scholars teachers and researchers of education higher education and sociology of education. It will also be useful for academicians think tanks higher education administration policymakers civil society organizations higher education institutions and those interested in the study of community engagement. | Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

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The Anglo-Kuki War 1917–1919 A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War

The Anglo-Kuki War 1917–1919 A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War

This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It underlines how of the three-year war (1917–1919) spanning over 6 000 square miles is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. The essays in the volume examine several aspects of the war which had far-reaching consequences for the indigenous population as well as for British attitudes and policy towards the region – including military strategy and tactics violence politics identity institutions gender culture and the frontier dimensions of the First World War itself. The volume also looks at how the conflict affected the larger dynamics of the region within Asia and its relevance in world politics beyond the Great War. Drawing on archival sources extensive fieldwork and oral histories the volume will be a significant contribution to comprehending the complex geopolitics of the region. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian Studies area studies modern history military and strategic studies insurgency and counterinsurgency studies tribal warfare and politics. | The Anglo-Kuki War 1917–1919 A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War

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The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of the major disciplines of science which include the basic sciences bioscience natural sciences and medical science with special emphasis on the Indian perspective. While academic interest shown in the history and philosophy of science dates back to several centuries serious scholarship on how the sciences and the society interact and influence each other can only be dated back to the twentieth century. This volume explores the ethical and moral issues related to social values along with the controversies that arise in relation to the discourse of science from the philosophical perspectives. The book sheds light on themes that have proved to have a significant and overwhelming influence on present-day civilisation. It takes the reader through a journey on how the sciences have developed and have been discussed to explore key themes like the colonial influences on science; how key scientific ideas have developed from Aristotle to Newton; history of ancient Indian mathematics; agency representation deviance with regard to the human body in science; bioethics; mental health psychology and the sciences; setting up of the first teaching departments for subjects such as medicine ecology and physiology in India; recent research in chemical technology; and even the legacy of ancient Indian scientific discoveries. A part of the Contemporary Issues in Social Science Research series this interdisciplinary work will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy modern history sociology of medicine physical sciences bioscience chemistry and medical sciences. It will be of interest to the general reader also. | The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

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Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

This book is a historical study of the development of agrarian class relations among the tribal population in Tripura. Tracing the evolution of Tripura and its agrarian relations from monarchy in the nineteenth century to democracy in the twentieth century the book discusses the nature of the erstwhile princely state of Tripura analyses the emergence of differentiation within tribes and documents the emergence of the tribal movement in the state. It specifically focuses on the tribal movement led by the Ganamukti Parishad beginning with the historic revolt of 1948-51 against state repression on the tribal people followed by the mass movements in the 1950s and 1960s which were founded on a recognition of class relations and the slogan of unity across the tribal and non-tribal (Bengali) peasantry. The first of its kind the book will be indispensable for students and researchers of tribal studies agrarian studies exclusion studies tribe-class relationships minority studies sociology development studies history political science north-east India studies and South Asian studies. It will also be useful for activists and policymakers working in the area. | Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

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Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

This volume is comprehensively designed to help prospective teachers of English Language (EL) and teachers specializing in English as a foreign language (EFL) mainly in South Asian countries. It analyses the application of ELT theories concepts and methods to sharpen their understanding of the various techniques used for teaching English effectively in the EFL context. The book discusses the basic concepts of language aimed to develop a sense of the language phenomenon as a unique human attribute. It covers the theories of language from various disciplines such as biology sociology psychology and linguistics. The book explains the underlying structures or components that shape the edifice of languages such as phonology morphology syntax grammar phonetics semantics and pragmatics. While taking the reader through language learning theories with a focus on English as the second language it discusses the different teaching methods that can be adopted by teachers in classroom settings. The book will be of interest to teachers students and researchers of education teacher education and ELT. It will also be useful for educators English language teachers language learners professionals working in the field of education and language and those who aspire to teach and learn English in foreign context. | Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

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