{"product_id":"graphic-politics-in-eastern-india-nishaant-choksi-9781350215924","title":"Graphic Politics in Eastern India: Script and the Quest for Autonomy","description":"Investigating the communicative practices of indigenous Santali speakers in eastern India, Nishaant Choksi examines the overlooked role of script in regional movements for autonomy to provide one of the first comprehensive theoretical and ethnographical accounts of 'graphic politics'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive fieldwork in the villages of southwestern West Bengal, Choksi explores the deployment of Santali scripts, including a newly created script called \u003ci\u003eOl Chiki\u003c\/i\u003e, in Bengali-dominated local markets, the education system and in the circulation of print media. He shows how manipulating the linguistic landscape and challenging the idea of a vernacular enables Santali speakers to delineate their own political domains and scale their language on local, regional and national levels. In doing so, they contest Bengali-speaking upper castes' hegemony over public spaces and institutions, as well as the administrative demarcations of the contemporary Indian nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining semiotic theory with ethnographically grounded investigation, \u003ci\u003eGraphic Politics in Eastern India\u003c\/i\u003eprovides a new framework for understanding writing and literacy practices among ethnic minorities and points to future directions for interdisciplinary research on indigenous autonomy in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nishaant Choksi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350215929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350215924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Nishaant Choksi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058745995519,"sku":"9781350215924","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0547009-6de2-42c6-8752-a3247c7b959a.jpg?v=1685054282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/graphic-politics-in-eastern-india-nishaant-choksi-9781350215924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}