Decolonising multilingualism : struggles to decreate / Alison Phipps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phipps, Alison.

Series:

Writing without borders ; 1.

Writing without borders ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism and philology.

Decolonization--Social aspects.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 101 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Channel View Publications 2019

Summary:

What if my own multilingualism is simply that of one who is fluent in way too many colonial languages? If we are going to do this, if we are going to decolonise multilingualism, let’s do it as an attempt at a way of doing it. If we are going to do this, let’s cite with an eye to decolonising. If we are going to do this then let’s improvise and devise. This is how we might learn the arts of decolonising. If we are going to do this then we need different companions. If we are going to do this we will need artists and poetic activists. If we are going to do this, let’s do it in a way which is as local as it is global; which affirms the granulations of the way peoples name their worlds. Finally, if we are going to do this, let’s do it multilingually.

Contents:

Introduction

A Short Manifesto for Decolonising Multilingualism

Part 1: Decolonising the Multilingual Body

1. Deep Pain Is Language-Destroying

2. More Than One Voice

Part 2: Decolonising the Multilingual Heart

3. Hospitality Well Come

4. Attending to the Gist

5. Waiting

6. Waiting Brides

7. Waiting Bodies

8. Screens

9. Parting Gifts

10. Muted and Hyphenated

Coda: Gifts Are in the Painted Feet

Part 3: Decolonising the Multilingual Mind

11. Chitsva chiri mutsoka - ‘Gifts Are in the Feet’

12. Mihi

13. Te Reo - The Māori Language

14. Conclusions

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788924078 (e-book)

9781788924047 (pbk.)

1-78892-406-1

1-78892-407-X

OCLC:

1089277248