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Author |
: Jacek Mydla |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 199 |
Release |
: 2017-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319610498 |
ISBN-13 |
: 331961049X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self: Literature and Culture Studies by : Jacek Mydla
This edited collection explores the conjunction of multiculturalism and the self in literature and culture studies, and brings together essays by prominent researchers interested in literature and culture whose critical perspectives inform discussions of specific examples of multicultural contexts in which individuals and communities strive to maintain their identities. The book is divided into two major parts, the first of which comprises literary representations of multiculturalism and discussions of its impasses and impacts in fictional circumstances. In turn, the second part primarily focuses on culture at large and real-life consequences. Taken together, the two complementary parts offer an illuminating and well-rounded overview of representations of multiculturalism in literature and contemporary culture from a variety of critical perspectives.
Author |
: Danuta Gabryś-Barker |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 2017-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319568928 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319568922 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self by : Danuta Gabryś-Barker
This book offers several insights into cross-cultural and multilingual learning, drawing upon recent research within two main areas: Language Studies and Multilingual Language Learning/Teaching. It places particular emphasis on the Polish learning environment and Poles abroad. Today’s world is an increasingly complex network of cross-cultural and multilingual influences, forcing us to redefine our Selves to include a much broader perspective than ever before. The first part of the book explores attitudes toward multiculturalism in British political speeches, joking behaviour in multicultural working settings, culture-dependent aspects of taboos and swearing, and expressive language of the imprisoned, adding a diachronic perspective by means of a linguistic study of The Canterbury Tales. In turn, the studies in the second part focus on visible shifts in contemporary multilingualism research, learners’ attitudes towards multiple languages they acquire, teachers’ perspectives on the changing requirements related to multiculturalism, and immigrant brokers’ professional experience in the UK.
Author |
: Geneviève Zarate |
Publisher |
: Archives contemporaines |
Total Pages |
: 431 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9782813000392 |
ISBN-13 |
: 2813000396 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism by : Geneviève Zarate
Built around the concept of linguistic and cultural plurality, this book defines language as an instrument of action and symbolic power. Plurality is conceived here as : a complex array of voices, perspectives and approaches that seeks to preserve the complexity of the multilingual and multicultural enterprise, including language learning and teaching ; a coherent system of relationships among various languages, research traditions and research sites that informs qualitative methods of inquiry into multilingualism and its uses in everyday life ; a view of language as structured sociohistorical object, observable from several simultaneous spatiotemporal standpoints, such as that of daily interactions or that which sustains the symbolic power of institutions. This book is addressed to teacher trainers, young researchers, decision makers, teachers concerned with the role of languages in the evolution of societies and educational systems. It aims to elicit discussion by articulating practices, field observations and analyses based on a multidisciplinary conceptual framework.
Author |
: Rachael Gilmour |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2017-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317310747 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317310748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multilingual Currents in Literature, Translation and Culture by : Rachael Gilmour
At a time increasingly dominated by globalization, migration, and the clash between supranational and ultranational ideologies, the relationship between language and borders has become more complicated and, in many ways, more consequential than ever. This book shows how concepts of ‘language’ and ‘multilingualism’ look different when viewed from Belize, Lagos, or London, and asks how ideas about literature and literary form must be remade in a contemporary cultural marketplace that is both linguistically diverse and interconnected, even as it remains profoundly unequal. Bringing together scholars from the fields of literary studies, applied linguistics, publishing, and translation studies, the volume investigates how multilingual realities shape not only the practice of writing but also modes of literary and cultural production. Chapters explore examples of literary multilingualism and their relationship to the institutions of publishing, translation, and canon-formation. They consider how literature can be read in relation to other multilingual and translational forms of contemporary cultural circulation and what new interpretative strategies such developments demand. In tracing the multilingual currents running across a globalized world, this book will appeal to the growing international readership at the intersections of comparative literature, world literature, postcolonial studies, literary theory and criticism, and translation studies.
Author |
: Hywel Dix |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2019-01-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781527527058 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1527527050 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multicultural Narratives by : Hywel Dix
The term ‘multiculturalism’ has been widely quoted to explain and study transnational networks and cultural changes on a global scale. This book focuses on the application of multicultural theories and perspectives in the field of literature and particularly in contemporary narratives. Bringing together ten studies which blur the limits of conventional discourse, and employing an interdisciplinary approach to address research problems using methods and insights borrowed from multiple disciplines, it features theoretical and analytical writings on multiculturalism and its traces in literatures that subvert the essentialist binary frameworks of ethnicity, race, nation and identity in a variety of texts. These include Martin Amis’s The Pregnant Widow, Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, Salman Rushdie’s Midnights Children and Shame, Hanif Kureishi’s Something to Tell You, J. G. Ballard’s High-Rise, Lady Annie Brassey’s Sunshine and Storm in the East; or, Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople, and Sir Henry Blount’s A Voyage into the Levant. Approaching theoretical issues concerning multiculturalism from multiple perspectives and looking for its traces in different time periods and genres, this book will be of interest for scholars and researchers working in the fields of literature and cultural studies, as well as students studying in the same fields and the general reader.
Author |
: Elke Murdock |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2016-10-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137596796 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137596791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multiculturalism, Identity and Difference by : Elke Murdock
Multicultural societies are a phenomenon that can be increasingly observed worldwide. This book focuses on the question of how individuals living within a multicultural society experience the meeting of cultures. Murdock combines both a thorough review of the theoretical body of research concerning multiculturalism and related concepts such as globalization, acculturation and biculturalism with specific empirical research evidence, providing new insights into factors which shape our openness towards a plurally composed society. Multiculturalism, Identity and Difference contains original research conducted within the ‘natural laboratory’ that multilingual, multicultural Luxembourg provides. This is a country where the foreign population makes up nearly half of the total population. In the era of globalization, culture contact is a daily occurrence and this book makes a contribution to the questions of if and how culture contact can be experienced as an opportunity rather than a threat by individuals.
Author |
: Karen Ogulnick |
Publisher |
: Teachers College Press |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2000-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807739987 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807739983 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language Crossings by : Karen Ogulnick
This vivid collection explores the fascinating connections between language use, language learning, and one's cultural identity. The essays, many of them by well-known writers, represent a diversity of cultures, ages, and nationalities, making the wide range of viewpoints they present both entertaining and instructional. In a time when issues of cultural identity are constantly explored and hotly debated, this volume illuminates the dynamic interaction between the personal, the political, and the theoretical. It is an essential read in a multicultural world.
Author |
: Norbert Francis |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
Release |
: 2017-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781498551847 |
ISBN-13 |
: 149855184X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Poetry, Music, and Narrative by : Norbert Francis
Poetry, music, and narrative are the three aesthetic genres based on uniquely human verbal and vocal capabilities. Universal across all languages and cultures and accessible to all developing children, their foundation must be primary and essential. How did they arise among our early ancestors, and what does this origin imply about our participation in their creation and performance? How do we learn poetic, narrative, and musical abilities? Studying these questions from a scientific point of view requires a cross-cultural approach that also considers contact and interaction between different languages. Research in recent years has made significant progress toward a better understanding of the underlying competencies in literature and music and of the acquisition of artistic sensibility in each case. Bilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Poetry, Music, and Narrative reviews the relevant research and, at the same time, challenges popular views in academia associated with cultural studies and related fields that have rejected the methods of modern science. Its contributions will be of particular value to students and scholars of linguistics, literary studies, and musicology.
Author |
: Werner Sollors |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 1998-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0814780938 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780814780930 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multilingual America by : Werner Sollors
Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn-about America, immigration and ethnicity-from them? Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to-and seeks to correct-the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.
Author |
: Leena Lestinen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 22 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1853773751 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781853773754 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Identity in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts by : Leena Lestinen