Salsa, language and transnationalism / Britta Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Britta, author.

Series:

Encounters (Bristol, England) ; 3.

Encounters ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities.

Languages in contact.

Multiculturalism--Social aspects.

Multiculturalism.

Salsa (Music)--Social aspects.

Salsa (Music).

Sociolinguistics.

Linguistic demography.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 143 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2014]

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Salsa, Zombies and Linguistics 1

2 Transnational Language Discourse 14

3 Transnational Salsa - Cultural Reinventions of the Global in Local Contexts 34

4 'Das macht mich immer fröhlich wenn ich Spanisch sprechen kann'. Multilingual Longing and Class Exclusion in Frankfurt's: Salsa Community 47

5 'It Doesn't Matter What They Sing and How Sad They Are, They Always Sound Happy'. Evolutionist Monolingualism and Latin Branding in Sydney's LA-Style Salsa Community 70

6 'It's Also the Cool Factor'. Multilingualism and Authenticity in Sydney's Cuban-Style Salsa Community 94

7 Language in a Transnational Age - Mobile Meanings and Multiple Modernities 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781783091898

1783091894

9781783091881

1783091886

OCLC:

870980715