English linguistic imperialism from below

• Verfasst von: Mathew, Leya [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: English linguistic imperialism from below
• Titelzusatz: moral aspiration and social mobility
• Verf.angabe: Leya Mathew
• Verlagsort: Bristol, UK ; Jackson, TN
• Verlag: Multilingual Matters
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: xvi, 191 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Critical language and literacy studies ; 28
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-914-1
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-913-4
• Schlagwörter: (g)Indien / (s)Englisch / (s)Englischunterricht / (s)Soziale Mobilität
• Schlagwörter: (g)Kerala / (s)Unterprivilegierter / (s)Bildungsverhalten / (s)Fremdsprachenlernen / (s)Englisch
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mathew, Leya: English linguistic imperialism from below. - Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (197 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1795675772

Abstract

Moral aspiration -- Development and its afterlives -- Temporal migrations -- Social lives of rote -- Scripted lives of communication -- Obsessive hope -- Mandated resistance -- Rote to interaction -- Conclusion: Linguistic imperialism from below.

Abstract

"The book shows how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India. Political economic transitions experienced as radical social mobility fuelled intense non-elite desire for English schooling. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility necessitated English schooling"--