Speaking Like a State

Academy of the Punjab in North America

Details

Dewey number: 306.44095491
Dewey version: 22
LC Classification: P119.32.P18 A +
LC Subject headings:
- Pakistan--Languages--Political aspects
- Language policy--Pakistan
- Language and culture--Pakistan
- Nationalism--Pakistan

(ISBN-13: 9780521519311)

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Speaking Like a State

Cambridge University Press

9780521519311 - Speaking Like a State - Language and Nationalism in Pakistan - By Alyssa Ayres

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vi
List of tables	viii
Acknowledgments	ix
Note on transliteration	xi
Introduction	1
1 Articulating a new nation	16
2 Urdu and the nation	31
3 The nation and its margins	48
4 The case of Punjab, part I: elite efforts	67
5 The case of Punjab, part II: popular culture	87
6 History and local absence	105
7 Bringing back the local past	138
8 Speaking like a state: language planning	150
9 Religion, nation, language	171
10 Conclusion	188
Bibliography	196
Index	212