{"product_id":"citizenship-in-a-caste-polity-religion-language-and-belonging-in-goa-9789352879946","title":"Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jason Keith Fernandes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official language of the Goan territory. However, Konkani was recognised only in the Devanagari script, one of two scripts used for the language in Goa, the other being the Roman script. Set against this historical background, \u003cem\u003eCitizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa \u003c\/em\u003estudies the contestations around the demand that the Roman script also be officially recognised and given equal status. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on meetings and interviews with individuals involved in this mobilisation, the author explores the interconnected themes of language, citizenship and identity, showing how, by deliberately excluding the Roman script, the largely lower-caste and lower-class Catholic users of this script were denoted as less-than-authentic members of civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As citizens of a former Portuguese territory, the Goan Catholics’ experience of Indian citizenship does not fall entirely within the framework of British Indian history. This allows for a construction of the post-colonial Indian experience from outside of the British Indian framework, and its focus on Catholics enables a more nuanced study of Indian secularism, while also studying a group that has remained largely underrepresented in research. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616493854871,"sku":"9789352879946","price":1190.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352879946.webp?v=1769294940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/citizenship-in-a-caste-polity-religion-language-and-belonging-in-goa-9789352879946","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}