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Language Arts & Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Language, Capitalism, Colonialism

Toward a Critical History

by (author) Monica Heller & Bonnie McElhinny

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2017
Category
Sociolinguistics, Historical & Comparative, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487594169
    Publish Date
    Nov 2017
    List Price
    $107.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442606203
    Publish Date
    Oct 2017
    List Price
    $56.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442606227
    Publish Date
    Oct 2017
    List Price
    $37.95

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Description

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a critical history of how language serves, and has served, as a terrain for producing and reproducing social inequalities. The authors ask how, and by whom, ideas about language get unevenly shaped, offering new perspectives that will excite readers and incite further research for years to come.

About the authors

Monica Heller is Professor of Anthropology and Education at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a past president of the American Anthropological Association.

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Bonnie McElhinny is Principal of New College, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto, and former Director of the Women and Gender Studies Institute.

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