Light of Knowledge

The Light of Knowledge: Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India Cody Francis Wydawca: Cornell University Press Data wydania: 2013 ISBN: 9780801479182 Liczba stron: 272 Format: 229 x 152 x 19 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Since the early 1990s hundreds of thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons, science demonstrations, and other events designed to transform them into active citizens with access to state power. These efforts to spread enlightenment among the oppressed are part of a movement known as the Arivoli Iyakkam...