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Aspiring to be Global : Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China / Shuang Gao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gao, Shuang, Author.
- Series:
- Encounters ; 13
- Encounters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Globalization.
- Chinese language.
- English language--Influence on Chinese.
- English language.
- English language--China--Yangshuo Xian.
- Languages in contact--China--Yangshuo Xian.
- Languages in contact.
- Sociolinguistics--China--Yangshuo Xian.
- Sociolinguistics.
- China.
- English as a Global Language.
- English.
- Globalization.
- Sociolinguistics of globalization.
- globalisation.
- social class.
- tourism.
- Local Subjects:
- China.
- English as a Global Language.
- English.
- Globalization.
- Sociolinguistics of globalization.
- Sociolinguistics.
- globalisation.
- social class.
- tourism.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 157 pages : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining the dynamics between language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. The author makes use of multiple sources, including ethnographic interviews, tourist literature, public signage and policy documents, to examine how tourist mobilities are embedded in and interact with historical, geographical, social, cultural, economic and semiotic factors in the creation of a ‘global village’. The transformation of West Street is emblematic of changes in Chinese society under globalization, revealing new subjectivities, tensions and struggles inherent in this ongoing process of social change.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Approaching the ‘Global Village’
- 3. Commodification of Place, Consumption of Identity: Making ‘Global Village’ a Brand
- 4. Tensions of Space: Living on the Margins of the ‘Global Village’
- 5. Global Village as ‘English Corner’: ‘Enjoy Speaking English All the Time’
- 6. Globalization: A Short Reflection
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-155) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781788922760
- 1-78892-276-X
- OCLC:
- 1083266655
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