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English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Leya Mathew
English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Leya Mathew
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.
208 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 11, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781788929141 |
Publishers | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 208 |
Dimensions | 241 × 165 × 20 mm · 474 g |
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