Word sound image : the life of the tamil text

By:

Kersenboom, Saskia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford BERG Publishers 1995Description: xx. 259pISBN:

9781859730089

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

398.0894811 KER

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	Social Science	398.0894811 KER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000229
Book	Plaksha University Library	Social Science	398.0894811 KER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	16/04/2023	003109

This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text. In India, traditional texts are always performed; as a result, form and meaning can change depending on the occasion. This is the opposite of Western communication through publication which is a static representation of knowledge.

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