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Bajpai, Anandita,

Speaking the nation : the oratorical making of secular, neoliberal India / Anandita Bajpai. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Untangling the logical, lexical and semantic patterns of the multiple official speeches of Indian prime ministers, 'Speaking the Nation' gauges how the Indian state has been projected by different governments in different times, in the face of challenges from internal and external actors that put pressure on its leaders to safeguard their status as legitimate elites in power.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780199095520 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prime ministers--India.
Prime ministers--Language.--India
Political oratory--India.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian.
Communication in politics--India.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Politics and government--1977-

LC Class. No.: JA85.2

Dewey Class. No.: 320.954014