The Dynamics of Language and Inequality in Education : Social and Symbolic Boundaries in the Global South / Joel Austin Windle, Dánie de Jesus, Lesley Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartlett, Lesley, Editor.

Windle, Joel Austin, Editor.

de Jesus, Dánie, Editor.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education ; 77.

New Perspectives on Language and Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and education--Developing countries--Case studies.

Language and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages).

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book contributes new perspectives from the Global South on the ways in which linguistic and discursive boundaries shape inequalities in educational contexts, ranging from Amazonian missions to Mongolian universities. Through critical ethnographic and sociolinguistic analysis, the chapters explore how such boundaries contribute to the geopolitics of colonialism, capitalism and myriad, interwoven, forms of social life that structure both oppression and resistance. Boundaries are examined across time and space as relational constructs that mark the terms upon which admission to groups, institutions, territories, or practices are granted. The studies further present alternative educational approaches that demonstrate the potential for agency and transgression, highlighting moments of boundary crossing that disrupt existing linguistic ideologies, language policies and curriculum structures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Introduction: The Dynamics of Language and Inequality

1. Across Linguistic Boundaries: Language as a Dimension of Power in the Colonization of the Brazilian Amazon

2. Navigating Soft and Hard Boundaries: Race and Educational Inequality at the Borderlands

3. Rural-Urban Divides and Digital Literacy in Mongolian Higher Education

4. A Cycle of Shame: How Shaming Perpetuates Language Inequalities in Dakar, Senegal

5. The Role of Shame in Drawing Social Boundaries for Empowerment: ELT in Kiribati

6. Native-speakerism and Symbolic Violence in Constructions of Teacher Competence

7. Knowledge Politics, Language and Inequality in Educational Publishing

8. Decoloniality and Language in Education: Transgressing Language Boundaries in South Africa

9. Queering Literacy in Brazil’s Higher Education: Questioning the Boundaries of the Normalized Body

10. ‘Saudi Women Are Finally Allowed to Sit Behind the Wheel’: Initial Responses from TESOL Classrooms

Multilingual Abstracts

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781788926966

178892696X

9781788926959

1788926951

OCLC:

1133663662