How is Foreignness defined by language? Who has the power to define
the 'foreigner' as such, on which grounds, from which positioning,
for which purposes? And within such premises, which is the role of
foreign languages in defining, or challenging, Foreignness? This
book reflects on the concept of Foreignness from a special lens,
that of foreign languages and Foreign Language Education. Advancing
that the experience of foreignness that foreign languages
foreground opens up to a different apprehension of the self and the
others, this work shows how such experience can problematize,
question, and challenge meanings, assumptions, conceptualizations
and representations ordinarily taken-for-granted, a much needed
reflection at times when prevailing narratives essentialize
individuals and groups according to their linguacultural
backgrounds. Though with a global perspective, the book also
addresses the Italian context in particular: after introducing a
brief historical background, it examines how 'foreignness' is
addressed, portrayed, or questioned in contemporary socio-cultural
and political debates, and presents practical activities to show
how the foreign language can be used for intercultural purposes. An
original interdisciplinary approach, combining Critical
Linguistics, Foreign Language Education, Intercultural Studies, and
Critical Pedagogies, together with works of literature and examples
from several fields, integrates theoretical references, practices
and research methodologies to take the reader within the complex
and fascinating world of languages, displaying how they inform
individual and collective identities and representations, and how
they can both serve processes of manipulation and domination, as
well as those of empowerment and emancipation. For its
interdisciplinary and integrated approach, this book aims to
address teachers, educators, scholars, practitioners, researchers,
and students, but also those readers who are curious to know more
about languages, and about how they shape our identities, our
meanings and our lives.
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