Language and Minority Rights : Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language

May, Stephen

ISBN 10: 058240455X / ISBN 13: 9780582404557

Editore: Pearson Education, Limited, 2001

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo GRP96853113

Riassunto:

A provocative and ground-breaking contribution to the debate on language and identity. Calling for a major reappraisal of the long-held consensus in the sociology of ethnicity and nationalism - and to a lesser extent in the sociology of language - that dismisses language as an important feature of individual and collective identity. Using examples of many language-based historical and contemporary ethnic and ethno-national movements and conflicts, the author pinpoints the causes of many of these conflicts within the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a 'common' language and culture via mass education. Shortlisted for the 2002 BAAL Book Prize

Recensione: 'This is a fine example of a rich, innovative and pluralistic interpretation of minority language rights and needs the world over.... With this book, cultural democracy arguments take a real step ahead. Bravo!'
Professor Joshua A. Fishman, Stanford University and Yeshiva University.                               '...presents the basics in the same clear and articulate fashion that characterises the entire book, making it very suitable for use as a textbook in undergraduate studies.'
The Global Review of Ethnopolitics. 
 

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Language and Minority Rights : Ethnicity, ...
Casa editrice: Pearson Education, Limited
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good