An edition of The sexual life of English
(2012)
The sexual life of English
caste and desire in modern India
by Shefali Chandra
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Social aspects, English language, Languages, Women, Study and teaching, Education, Language and sex, History, English language, social aspects, English language, india, English language, history, Women, education, Education, india, Education, history, English language, study and teaching, India, languagesPlaces
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The sexual life of English: caste and desire in modern India
2012, Duke University Press
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0822352605 9780822352600
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Table of Contents
Learning gender, knowing English : an introduction
"The prudent and cautious engrafting of English upon our female population" : pedagogy and performativity
The language of the bedroom : mimicry, masculinity and the sexual power of English
"A new generation of hipless and breastless women is coming to the forefront in Europe and America" : literature, social class and the wider world of English
"I shall read pretty English stories to my mother and translate them into Marathi for her..." : widowhood, virtue and the secularization of caste
"I began to wonder why I had ever begun to learn English" : desire, labor and the trans-regional orientation of caste
The first Indian woman to taste "the sweets of an English education" : Dosebai Jessawalla and the "march of advancement in the face of obloquy"
Epilogue : "I am an Indian. I have no language" : Parvatibai Athavale and the limits to English.
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