Multilingualism in the Andes - Policies, Politics, Power

List of contents

Preface1. Introduction2. Language: vehicle of power and object of policy3. Linguistic racism in Latin America: reality and rights4. Post-millennial politics of multilingualism in Hispanicised Latin America5. Indigenous language activism, second-language learning and the growth of agency6. Translation, interpreting and Indigenous language rights7. Conclusions

Summary

This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state.

Product details

• Authors: Rosaleen Howard, Howard Rosaleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367141226
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14122-6
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Peru, Ethnic Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Ecuador, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Translation & interpretation, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural anthropology, Bolivia, Historical & comparative linguistics, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Literature: history and criticism, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Historical and comparative linguistics, Translation and interpretation