TY - BOOK AU - Bernard Bate TI - Tamil oratory and the Dravidian aesthetic: democratic practice in South India SN - 9780231147569 U1 - 398.20494811 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Columbia Press KW - Folk literature, Tamil -- India -- Madurai KW - Epic poetry, Tamil -- India -- Madurai KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Tamil -- India -- Madurai N1 - 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; ER -