The demoness, the maid, the whore, and the good mother: Contesting the national language in India

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 140, 1999, Pages 1-28

  Ramaswamy, Sumathi ^a  

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EID: 34247293823     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1999.140.1     Document Type: Article

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