Rule of the commoner : DMK and the formations of the political in Tamil Nadu, 1949-1967 /
Krishnan, Rajan Kurai,
Rule of the commoner : DMK and the formations of the political in Tamil Nadu, 1949-1967 / Rajan Kurai Krishnan, Ravindran Sriramachandran, V. M. S. Subagunarajan. - xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Metamorphoses of the political: multidisciplinary approaches .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Two scenes of departure -- Ideation -- Construction of 'Dravidian-Tamil' people -- The uses of language -- Human immanence -- Left populism -- Imagination -- The play is the thing -- Critical hermeneutics -- Counter-narratives -- Power of fiction -- Mobilization -- The grassroots -- The waves -- The eruption -- The climb.
"This book seeks to explain the different aspects of DMK in Tamil Nadu in terms of populist mobilization rooted in a regional subaltern identity"--
9781009197175
2022022776
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Populism--History--India--Tamil Nadu--20th century.
Political parties--History--India--Tamil Nadu--20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Tamil Nadu (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
324.254083 KRI / 020624
Rule of the commoner : DMK and the formations of the political in Tamil Nadu, 1949-1967 / Rajan Kurai Krishnan, Ravindran Sriramachandran, V. M. S. Subagunarajan. - xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Metamorphoses of the political: multidisciplinary approaches .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Two scenes of departure -- Ideation -- Construction of 'Dravidian-Tamil' people -- The uses of language -- Human immanence -- Left populism -- Imagination -- The play is the thing -- Critical hermeneutics -- Counter-narratives -- Power of fiction -- Mobilization -- The grassroots -- The waves -- The eruption -- The climb.
"This book seeks to explain the different aspects of DMK in Tamil Nadu in terms of populist mobilization rooted in a regional subaltern identity"--
9781009197175
2022022776
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Populism--History--India--Tamil Nadu--20th century.
Political parties--History--India--Tamil Nadu--20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Tamil Nadu (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
324.254083 KRI / 020624