Fiction and an Indian Polyglot Anthropology

Each of the 29 officially recognized languages of India has its own script as well as oral and written traditions. In the realm of Hindi fiction, a genre called anchalik upanyasa (broadly regional novels) has grown; it purports to narrate holistically the linguistic and cultural ethos of a region. T...

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Published in:Anthropological quarterly 2015-09, Vol.88 (4), p.1085-1099
Main Author: Jain, Ravindra K.
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Attitudes
Ethnicity
Ethnography
Factionalism
Fiction
Hindi language
Identity
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Language attitudes
Migration
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Muslims
Novels
POLYGLOT PERSPECTIVES
Prestige
Rural areas
Traditions
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Attitudes
Ethnicity
Ethnography
Factionalism
Fiction
Hindi language
Identity
Keywords
Language attitudes
Migration
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Muslims
Novels
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Traditions
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