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Linguistic Disobedience - Restoring Power to Civic Language (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Linguistic Disobedience - Restoring Power to Civic Language (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book asks how we-as citizens, immigrants, activists,
teachers-can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we
take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to
silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers,
Linguistic Disobedience recalls ages and situations that made
critiquing, correcting, and caring for language essential for
survival. From turn-of-the-twentieth-century Central Europe to the
miseries of the Third Reich, from the Movement for Black Lives to
the ongoing effort to decolonize African languages, the study and
practice of linguistic disobedience have been crucial. But what are
we to do today, when reactionary supremacists and authoritarians
are screen-testing their own forms of so-called disobedience to
quash oppositional social justice movements and their languages?
Blending lyric essay with cultural criticism, historical analysis,
and applied linguistics, Linguistic Disobedience offers suggestions
for a hopeful pathway forward in violent times.
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