01239nam a22002177a 450000500170000001000150001702000260003203500130005803700130007108200170008410000180010124501100011926000380022927000440026730000350031150000680034650504580041461000500087265000430092265000560096520150916110108.0  aENG-113929  a9788125052357c765.00  aEN-97461  bDBAD/PUB  a379.24095482  aCody, Francis  aThe light of knowledge :cby Francis Codybliteracy activism and the politics of writing in South India /  aHyderabadbOrient BlackSwanc2013  a3-6-752 HimayatnagarbHyderabade500029  axv,250p. :c22cm(Hb)bill.,map  a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.  a Introduction : of light, literacy, and knowledge in the Tamil countryside -- On being a "thumbprint" : time and space in Arivoli activism -- Feminizing enlightenment : the social and reciprocal agency -- Labors of objectification : words and worlds of pedagogy -- Search for a method : the media of enlightenment -- Subject to citizenship : petitions and the performativity of signature -- Epilogue : reflections on a time of charismatic enlightenment.  a Arivoḷi (Organization : Tamil Nadu, India)  a Literacy programszIndiazTamil Nadu.  a Literacy xPolitical aspects z IndiazTamil Nadu.