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Oxford University Press, USA
Paths to Post-Nationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity
Paths to Post-Nationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity
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Nationalism informs our ideas about language, culture, identity, nation, and State--ideas that are being challenged by globalization and an emerging new economy. As language, culture, and identity are commodified, multilingualism becomes a factor in the mobility of people, ideas and goods--and
in their value. In Paths to Post-Nationalism, Monica Heller shows how hegemonic discourses of language, identity, and the nation-State are destabilized under new political and economic conditions. These processes, she argues, put us on the path to post-nationalism. Applying a fine-grained ethnographic analysis to
the notion of francophone Canada from the 1970s to the present, Heller examines sociolinguistic practices in workplaces, schools, community associations, NGOs, State agencies, and sites of tourism and performance across francophone North America and Europe. Her work shows how the tensions of late
modernity produce competing visions of social organization and competing sources of legitimacy in attempts to re-imagine--or resist re-imagining--who we are.
Author: Monica Heller
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/07/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780199746859
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2011
in their value. In Paths to Post-Nationalism, Monica Heller shows how hegemonic discourses of language, identity, and the nation-State are destabilized under new political and economic conditions. These processes, she argues, put us on the path to post-nationalism. Applying a fine-grained ethnographic analysis to
the notion of francophone Canada from the 1970s to the present, Heller examines sociolinguistic practices in workplaces, schools, community associations, NGOs, State agencies, and sites of tourism and performance across francophone North America and Europe. Her work shows how the tensions of late
modernity produce competing visions of social organization and competing sources of legitimacy in attempts to re-imagine--or resist re-imagining--who we are.
Author: Monica Heller
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/07/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780199746859
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2011
About the Author
Monica Heller is Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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