Colonialism and knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India
Majeed, Javed
Colonialism and knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India / Javed Majeed - New York, : Routledge 2019 - vii, 266p. 24cm.
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 Seances: 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
This book is the first detailed examination of Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India. It shows that the Survey was characterised by a composite and collaborative mode of producing knowledge, which undermines any clear distinctions between European orientalists and colonized Indians in British India
9780367183226
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Social Sciences
Culture and institutions
Language surveys -- India.
Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Social Science -- Popular Culture.
Language surveys.
306.4409 MAJ
Colonialism and knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India / Javed Majeed - New York, : Routledge 2019 - vii, 266p. 24cm.
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 Seances: 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
This book is the first detailed examination of Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India. It shows that the Survey was characterised by a composite and collaborative mode of producing knowledge, which undermines any clear distinctions between European orientalists and colonized Indians in British India
9780367183226
International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
Social Sciences
Culture and institutions
Language surveys -- India.
Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Social Science -- Popular Culture.
Language surveys.
306.4409 MAJ
