The light of knowledge :
Cody, Francis, 1976-
The light of knowledge : literacy activism and the politics of writing in South India / Francis Cody. - 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. - Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge . - Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780801469022 (e-book)
Arivo�li (Organization : Tamil Nadu, India)
Literacy programs--India--Tamil Nadu.
Literacy--Political aspects--India--Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (India)--Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
LC157.I52 / C63 2013
379.2/4095482
The light of knowledge : literacy activism and the politics of writing in South India / Francis Cody. - 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. - Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge . - Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780801469022 (e-book)
Arivo�li (Organization : Tamil Nadu, India)
Literacy programs--India--Tamil Nadu.
Literacy--Political aspects--India--Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (India)--Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
LC157.I52 / C63 2013
379.2/4095482