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028			_aInternational Book Distributors _b: Flat No.17, Prakash Apartment, 5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. _c: 112219 _d: 05/05/2018
082			_a398.204 BAT
100			_aBernard Bate.
245			_aTamil oratory and the Dravidian aesthetic _b: democratic practice in south India. _c/ Bernard Bate.
260			_aNew York _b : Columbia University Press _c, ©2009.
300			_axxiv, 263 pages _b: illustrations, maps. _c: 22cm.
365			_b4713
505			_aList of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introductions; 1. The Dravidian Proper; 2. The King's Red Tongue; 3. Walking Utopia; 4. On Life, Moonlight, and Jasmine; 5. Bhakti and the Limits of Apotheosis; 6. Kavitha's Love; 7. Speech in the Kali Yugam; Afterword; Notes; Appendix: Kavitha's Speech; Glossary; References; Index.
520			_aThis is a book about the newness of old things. It concerns an oratorical revolution, a transformation of oratorical style linked to larger transformations in society at large. It explores the aesthetics of Tamil oratory and its vital relationship to one of the key institutions of modern society: democracy. Therefore this book also bears on the centrality of language to the modern human condition. Though Tamil oratory is a relatively new practice in south India, the Dravidian (or Tamil nationalist) style employs archaic forms of Tamil that suggest an ancient mode of speech. Beginni.
655			_aPolitics and culture _bLanguage and culture _bFolk literature _bEpic poetry.
700			_aBernard Bate.
942			_cBOOK
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