English and the discourses of colonialism / Alastair Pennycook.

Format:

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--Discourse analysis.

Communication, International.

Decolonization--Terminology.

Decolonization.

Imperialism--Terminology.

Imperialism.

Great Britain--Colonies--Languages.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is,

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-68407-X

0-203-00634-8

1-134-68408-8

1-280-18281-4

9780203006344

OCLC:

560125864