Hindi is our ground, English is our sky :

LaDousa, Chaise.

Hindi is our ground, English is our sky : education, language, and social class in contemporary India / Chaise LaDousa. - New Delhi : Foundation Books, 2014. - xix, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-207) and index.

On mother and other tongues: language ideology, inequality, and contradiction -- Disparate markets: the uneven resonance of language-medium schooling in the nation -- Advertising in the periphery: modes of communication and the production of school value -- An alter voice: questioning the inevitability of the language-medium divide -- In and out of the classroom: a focus on English.

9789382993964 (pbk.) 9781782382324 (hardback) 9781782382331 (institutional ebook)

2013022442


Education--Social aspects--India.
Language and education--India.
Language policy--India.
English language--Study and teaching--India.
Social classes--India.

LC315.I4 / L33 2014

306.4320954 LAD / 007384

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