Empire of Language - Toward a Critique of (Post)colonial Expression

Laurent Dubreuil is Professor of Romance Studies and Comparative Literature, Director of the French Studies Program, and member of the cognitive science program and graduate field at Cornell University. He is the editor of diacritics. He is the author of several books in French, including, most recently, Le Refus de la politique.

Summary

Dubreuil explores the power-language phenomenon in the context of European and, particularly, French colonialism and its aftermath.

Product details

• Authors: Laurent Dubreuil
• Assisted by: David Fieni (Translation)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2013
• EAN: 9780801450563
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-5056-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics