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

• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/9
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Political aspects; Language and culture - Political aspects; Identity politics; Intercultural communication; Sociolinguistics
• Persona (resp. second.): SpätiChristina
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: In an increasingly multicultural world, the relationship between language and identity remains a complicated and often fraught subject for most societies. The growing political salience of questions relating to language is evident not only in the expanded implementation of new policies and legislation, but also in heated public debates about national unity, collective identities, and the rights of linguistic minorities. By taking a comprehensive approach that considers both the inclusive and exclusive dimensions of linguistic identity across Europe and North America, the studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era’s defining political dynamics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and identity politics
• ISBN: 1-78238-943-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797953303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II