Scripts of Power: Writing, Language Practices, and Cultural History in Western India

2025/01/02 by Poorva Rajaram · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Multilingual Education and Policy

paper · doi:10.1080/02666030.2025.2458512

openalex publication_date 2025/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

A new book by Prachi Deshpande, Scripts of Power, stays true to the title’s idea of tying a study of a script to questions of power. Apart from frontally mentioning the word power, this book method...

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