Linguistic Rivalries

Linguistic Rivalries weaves together anthropological accounts of diaspora, nation, and empire to explore and analyze the multi-faceted processes of globalization.

Sonia N. Das is Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology from the University of Michigan and B.A. in Anthropology and B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia, taught at a high school in Louisiana, and has published in top anthropology journals in French and English.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration and Orthography
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Purism Across the Seas
Chapter Three: Narratives of a Diaspora
Chapter Four: A Heritage Language Industry
Chapter Five: Inscribing the ?r
Chapter Six: Navigating the Cosmopolis
Chapter Seven: Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
References