The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415186803 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 528 str.

Tony Crowley; Alan Girvin; Lucy Burke

Opis

This text provides an introduction to the most innovative and influential writings which have shaped and defined the relations between language, culture and cultural identity in the 20th century. Selected theoretical texts are grouped together in themed sections which include: language and sexuality; language and power; language and revolution; language and subjectivity; and language and ethnicity. Each section is prefaced by an editorial introduction outlining and contextualizing the issues and arguments with which each section is concerned, and concludes with suggestions for further reading.

O autorze

Both Tony Crowley and Lucy Burke are in the English Department at the University of Manchester. Tony is Professor of English and was departmental head for last year. He is co-editor for our Politics of Language series. Alan Girvin has recently moved to the University of Strathclyde. Lucy and Alan are both lecturers in their respective English departments.