Orality, literacy and memorization: Priestly education in contemporary South India

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Fuller, C J ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LITERACY; RELIGION;

INDIA;

EID: 0035070211     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X01003717     Document Type: Article

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