Bate, Bernard <br/><br/>
Tamil oratory and the Dravidian aesthetic :  democratic practice in south India / 
by Bernard Bate 
 - New Delhi   Oxford University Press  2011 
 - xxiv, 263 p. :  ill., maps  24cm (Hb)  
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>The Dravidian proper -- The king's red tongue -- Walking utopia -- On life, moonlight, and jasmine -- Bhakti and the limits of apotheosis -- Kavitha's love -- Speech in the Kali Yugam. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198072355  695.00 019807235x  695.00 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> DBAD / PUB 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>ENG-102971 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Folk literature, Tamil --India--Madurai.<br/>Epic poetry, Tamil --India--Madurai.<br/>Speeches, addresses, etc., Tamil --India--Madurai<br/>Tamil language|z Madurai--Rhetoric.--India--Madurai<br/>Politics and culture--India--Madurai.<br/>Language and culture  --India--Madurai.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Madurai (India) -- Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.20494811 Bat/Tam