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Autore |
Pennycook Alastair <1957, > |
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Titolo |
English and the discourses of colonialism / / Alastair Pennycock |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-68407-X |
0-203-00634-8 |
1-134-68408-8 |
1-280-18281-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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306.44/9/09171241 |
820.99171241 |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Political aspects - Commonwealth countries |
English language - Political aspects - Foreign countries |
English language - Discourse analysis |
Communication, International |
Decolonization |
Imperialism |
Great Britain Colonies Languages |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; English and the cultural constructs of colonialism; The cultural constructs of colonialism; Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy; Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese; Images of the Self: our marvellous tongue; Images of the Other: China and cultural fixity; English, continuity and counterdiscourse; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep.This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and |
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