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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480125803321

Titolo

Language and identity politics : a cross-Atlantic perspective / / edited by Christina Späti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78238-943-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

306.44/9

Soggetti

Language and languages - Political aspects

Language and culture - Political aspects

Identity politics

Intercultural communication

Sociolinguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Language and the Rise of Identity Politics: An Introduction; Part I - Language and Identity Politics: Theory and Concepts; Chapter 1 - Language and Collective Identity: Theorizing Complexity; Chapter 2 - The Politics of Linguistic Identity in Europe: Between the Expression of Power and the Power of Expressivity; Part II - Language and Collective Identity in Multilingual States; Chapter 3 - Language and Identity Politics in Belgium; Chapter 4 - Plurilingualism and Identity Politics: The Case of Switzerland

Chapter 5 - Languages and Collective Identities in Switzerland: The Case of Bilingual Cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Valais)Chapter 6 - Language Rights and Language Endangerment in Canada: The Case of Indigenous Languages; Part III - Language and Identity Politics in Immigration Societies; Chapter 7 - Immigrants and the Reframing of Language and National Identity Politics in the United States; Chapter 8 - Challenges of Diversity: Language and Immigration in Switzerland

Chapter 9 - Language and the Transformation of Identity Politics in



Minority Francophone Communities in Canada: Between Collective Linguistic Identity and Individualistic Integration PoliciesThe Problematic Nexus of Language and Identity: Some Concluding Remarks; Index