English Linguistic Imperialism from Below Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility

Imperialism may be over, but the political, economic and cultural subjugation of social life through English has only intensified. This book demonstrates how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India through the fervent aspirations of non-elites and the zealous reforms of English Language Teaching experts. The most recent spread of English in India has been through low-fee private schools, which are perceived as dubious yet efficient. The book is an ethnography of mothering at one such low-fee private school and its neighboring state-funded school. It demonstrates that political economic transitions, experienced as radical social mobility, fuelled intense desire for English schooling. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility necessitated English schooling. At the same time, experts have responded to the unanticipated spread of English by transforming it from a second language to a first language, and earlier hierarchies have been produced anew as access to English democratized.

Info autore

Leya Mathew is an Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences division of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University, India. Her research examines the sociocultural transitions that have accompanied economic liberalization in India. 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leya Mathew
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.06.2022
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione
• EAN: 9781788929141
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-914-1
• Numero di pagine: 195
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 400 g
• Serie: Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy > 28
• Categorie: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, India, Educational strategies & policy, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Educational strategies and policy