Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern: Political Oratory and the Social Imaginary in South Asia

by Bernard Bate

Throughout history, speech and storytelling have united communities and mobilized movements. Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern examines this phenomenon in Tamil-speaking South India over the last three centuries, charting the development of political oratory and its influence on society. Supplementing his narrative with thorough archival work, Bernard Bate begins with Protestant missionaries' introduction of the sermonic genre and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503628655
• ISBN13: 9781503628656
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"