Colonialism and knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Javed Majeed.
• Authors: Majeed, Javed
• Contents: Acknowledgements. Note on Transliteration. Introduction: The Survey’s Inception 1 Colonial Categories of Thought 2 The Colonial State and the Survey 3 Illness, Eyesight and Crossing Borders 4 Scripts and Spectacles 5 White Noise and Séances: The ‘Gramophone or Phonetic Survey’ 6 Archival Self-Reflexivity 7 Uncertain Knowledge in the Survey 8 Names and Authorship. Conclusion: The Survey as a Colonial Project. Bibliography. Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (266 pages)
• Subjects: 306.440954; Language surveys -- India; Language surveys; India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429799372; 0429799373
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