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... nationalist movements in the late nineteenth century.43 This book draws out the implications of these studies by arguing that folklore was an important source for nationalist thinking in India . After considering three major examples of ...
... nationalist movements in the late nineteenth century.43 This book draws out the implications of these studies by arguing that folklore was an important source for nationalist thinking in India . After considering three major examples of ...
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... nationalist thinking emerged , but I would like to extend and revise it here . First , the popular culture appropriated by nationalist thinking , in both Madras and Calcutta , included a large chunk of folklore , which has its own forms ...
... nationalist thinking emerged , but I would like to extend and revise it here . First , the popular culture appropriated by nationalist thinking , in both Madras and Calcutta , included a large chunk of folklore , which has its own forms ...
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... nationalist project appropriated popular culture and then sanitised it , removing what was considered improper for a public audience . This is the nub of the colonial ambivalence toward folklore : it was condemned as vulgar , but ...
... nationalist project appropriated popular culture and then sanitised it , removing what was considered improper for a public audience . This is the nub of the colonial ambivalence toward folklore : it was condemned as vulgar , but ...
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Aiyar Arumukam Bengali Beschi books printed Brahmin British Calcutta catechism Christian Cittampala classical coast collection College Press colonial dictionary Dravidian early edition eighteenth century Ellis English Europe European folktales Fort St George George Town Guru Simpleton Henriques Hindu history of printing history of Tamil Indian folktales Indian languages interlingual Jesuit journal Kalvi Kalanciyam katai Katamancari later literary history literary practices London Lutherans Madras Presidency Madras University Madurai manuscript Marathi mid-century missionaries modern Murdoch Muttusami Pillai narrative Natesa nation nationalist Native nineteenth century Nobili oral traditions Pancatantra Paraiyar poems poetry political popular Portuguese printed books printed folklore printing press Protestant published pundit-publishers pundits reform Sanskrit Sastri script south India St George story Tamil books Tamil grammar Tamil language Tamil literary culture Tamil literature Tamil printing Tamil pundits Tamil texts Tamil translation Tamil Vilakkam Tanjore Tantavaraya Mutaliyar Telugu Tirukkural Tranquebar Vepery Vernacular village writing written wrote