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. - 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references 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.

9781782382331 (e-book)


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


Electronic books.

LC315.I4 / L33 2014

306.43/20954