Passions of the Tongue
  Acknowledgments
  Note on Transliteration
 expand sectionPreface

 expand section1. Introduction
 expand section2. One Language, Many Imaginings
 collapse section3. Feminizing Language
 •The Poetics and Politics of Praise
 expand sectionTamil as Deity: Pietistics of Tamil Devotion
 expand sectionTamil as Mother: Somatics of Tamil Devotion
 •Tamil as Maiden: Erotics of Tamil Devotion
 •On the Feminization of Language
 •Visualizing Tamiḻttāy
 •Notes
 expand section4. Laboring for Language
 expand section5. To Die For
 expand section6. Conclusion

  Abbreviations
  Plates
  References
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