Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape -- Divisive postcolonial ideologies, language policies, and social practices -- Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular- and English-medium students -- The divisive politics of tracking -- Gulfs and bridges revisited : hybridity, nativization, and other loose ends -- The divisive politics of divergent pedagogical practices at college level.
Summary
"This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial societies such as India, specifically focusing on some local ways in which it falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages."--BOOK JACKET.
