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English and the discourses of colonialism / Alastair Pennycock.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-
- Series:
- Politics of language
- The politics of language
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Political aspects--Commonwealth countries.
- English language.
- English language--Political aspects--Foreign countries.
- English language--Great Britain--Colonies.
- Imperialism.
- Decolonization.
- Colonies.
- Language and languages.
- English language--Political aspects.
- Foreign countries.
- Great Britain.
- English language--Discourse analysis.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Languages.
- Communication, International.
- Decolonization--Terminology.
- Imperialism--Terminology.
- Commonwealth countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- English and the Discourses of Colonialismopens 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 colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is, as commonly assumed, a language of neutrality and global communication, and to what extent it is, by contrast, a language laden with meanings and still weighed down with colonial discourses that have come to adhere to it. Travel writing, newspaper articles and popular books on English, are all referred to, as well as personal experiences and interviews with learners of English in India, Malaysia, China and Australia. Pennycook concludes by appealing to postcolonial writing, to create a politics of opposition and dislodge the discourses of colonialism from English.aysia, China and Australia. Pennycook concludes by appealing to postcolonial writing, to create a politics of opposition and dislodge the discourses of colonialism from English.
- Contents:
- English and the cultural constructs of colonialism
- The cultural contructs 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
- ISBN:
- 9780203006344
- 0203006348
- Publisher Number:
- 99970332429
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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