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Cody, Francis, 1976-

The Light of Knowledge Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India / [electronic resource] : Francis Cody. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (xviii, 250 pages :) illustrations, map ; - Expertise, cultures and technologies of knowledge . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.

Introduction : of light, literacy, and knowledge in the Tamil countryside -- On being a "thumbprint" : time and space in Arivoli activism -- Feminizing enlightenment : the social and reciprocal agency -- Labors of objectification : words and worlds of pedagogy -- Search for a method : the media of enlightenment -- Subject to citizenship : petitions and the performativity of signature -- Epilogue : reflections on a time of charismatic enlightenment.

ISBN: 9780801469022

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Arivoḷi (Organization : Tamil Nadu, India)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literacy--Political aspects--India--Tamil Nadu.
Literacy programs--India--Tamil Nadu.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tamil Nadu (India)--Rural conditions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LC157.I52 / C63 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 379.2/4095482