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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465095303321

Autore

Bleich David

Titolo

The materiality of language [[electronic resource] ] : gender, politics, and the university / / David Bleich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-253-00773-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (575 p.)

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Rhetoric

Academic language

Colloquial language

Language and languages - Political aspects

Language and languages - Sex differences

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The contested subject -- The materiality of language -- Premises and backgrounds -- Received standards in the study of language -- Materiality and genre -- The unity of language and thought -- Materiality and the contemporary study of language -- Recognizing politics in the study of language -- Language in the university -- Frustrations of academic language -- The protected institution -- The sacred language -- Language uses in science, the heir of Latin -- Language and human survival -- The materiality of literature and the contested subject.

Sommario/riassunto

David Bleich sees the human body, its affective life, social life, and political functions as belonging to the study of language. In The Materiality of Language, Bleich addresses the need to end centuries of limiting access to language and its many contexts of use. To recognize language as material and treat it as such, argues Bleich, is to remove restrictions to language access due to historic patterns of academic censorship and unfair gender practices. Language is understood as a key path in the formation of all social and political relations, and



becomes available for study by all speake

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480938603321

Autore

Rodriguez America

Titolo

Making Latino news [[electronic resource] ] : race, language, class

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

0-7619-1551-6

1-322-41770-9

1-4522-6501-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

070.4/84

070.484

071.308968

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Press coverage - History

Journalism - Social aspects - United States

Hispanic American newspapers - History

Hispanic American mass media - History

Hispanic Americans and mass media

Hispanic American journalists

Ethnic press - United States

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 (p. 147-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction: What Is Latino News?; Theoretical Contexts; Part I - History and Context; Chapter 2 - U.S. Spanish Language Newspapers: 1848-1970; Late 19th-century Newspapers; Early 20th-century Newspapers; La Prensa of San Antonio (1913-1957); Ignacio Lopez and El Espectador (1933-1961); La Opinion; Chapter 3 - History of the Hispanic Audience; Early U.S. Spanish Language Radio: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s; The Early Transnational Hispanic Audience; Changing the Immigrant Paradigm; Early U.S. Spanish Language Television



From Regional to National: Hispanic MarketingThe ""Discovery"" of the Hispanic Market (Again); Chapter 4 - Commercial Ethnicity: The Production and Marketing of the Hispanic Audience; Marketing and Ethnicity; U.S. Hispanic Panethnicity and Racial Formation; Quantifying Ethnicity: The Contemporary Hispanic Audience; The Nielsen Ratings and Hispanic Audience Production; National Hispanic Television Index; Other Spanish Language Media; Univision and Telemundo: The Hispanic Market Institutionalized; Just Another Audience: ""Born-Again Hispanic"" Programming

Part II - The Production of Contemporary Latino NewsChapter 5 - Nationhood, Nationalism, and Ethnicity in the Making of U.S. Latino News; Latino Journalistic Panethnicity; Latino Objectivity; Latino News; Latin America News; Chapter 6 - Local Latino News: Los Angeles and Miami; Los Angeles; Miami; Chapter 7 - Bilingual and English Language Media; Bilingual Hispanic Media; Bilingual Latino Journalism; English Language Latino Journalism; Chapter 8 - The Future of Latino Media: Suggestions for Further Research; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

With this study, America Rodriguez examines news making as part of a larger narrative - the self-creation of a cultural, social and political Latino identity in US culture.