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Words in motion : toward a global lexicon / edited by Carol Gluck and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Political aspects.
- Language and languages.
- Language and culture--Political aspects.
- Language and culture.
- Intercultural communication.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A collection of essays on keywords from political discourse, including secularism, security, indigineity, and terrorism
- Contents:
- Words in motion / Carol Gluck
- Worlds in motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
- Seguranca/security in Brazil and the United States / Itty Abraham
- Adat/indigenous : indigeneity in motion / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
- 'Ada/custom in the Middle East and Southeast Asia / Mona Abaza
- Sekinin/responsibility in modern Japan / Carol Gluck
- 'Ilmaniyya, laicite, secularisme/secularism in Morocco / Driss Maghraoui
- Saburaimu/sublime : a Japanese word and its political afterlife / Alan Tansman
- 'Aqalliyya/minority in modern Egyptian discourse / Seteney Shami
- Hijab/headscarf : a political journey / Claudia Koonz
- Injury : incriminating words and imperial power / Lydia H. Liu
- Conjuracion/conspiracy in the Philippine revolution of 1896 / Vicente L. Rafael
- Terrorism : state sovereignty and militant politics in India / Partha Chatterjee
- Komisyon/commission and kurul/board : words that rule / Huri Islamoglu
- Chumchon/community in Thailand / Craig J. Reynolds
- Thammarat/good governance in glocalizing Thailand / Kasian Tejapira.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035929
- 9781283035927
- 1283035928
- 9780822391104
- 0822391104
- OCLC:
- 492384695
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