Salsa, Language and Transnationalism - Couverture souple

Schneider, Britta

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783091886 ISBN 13 : 9781783091881

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2014

Synopsis

What happens in globalised social contexts if people identify with a language that is not traditionally considered to be 'their' language? This unique contribution to the field of sociolinguistics scrutinises language ideologies of German and Australian Communities of Practice constituted by Salsa dance and asks what languages symbolise in transnational, non-ethnic cultures. Using ethnographic methodology and a deconstructive approach to language it examines these different Salsa communities and gives insight into the interaction of social discourses from local, national and transnational realms, examining differences, similarities and a simultaneous multiplicity of languages' symbolic functions. This book will be welcomed by postgraduates, professional sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists as well as scholars of cultural anthropology, sociology and cultural studies who are interested in the development of modernist categories in transnational culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Britta Schneider is Lecturer in the Department for English Language and Literature at Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include sociolinguistics of globalisation, language ideology, language policy, epistemology of language and multilingualism, and superdiversity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783091886
• ISBN 13: 9781783091881
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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