New Ethnicities and Language Use

Zusatztext Informationen zum Autor Roxy Harris is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London, UK. He has a particular interest in the relationships between language, power, ethnicity and culture and has researched, taught and published on these issues in London for many years. Klappentext The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility that marks them as Brasians . Zusammenfassung The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness! albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility that marks them as Brasians . Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Researching Ethnicities and Cultures Language Use and Ethnicity: Mapping the Terrain New Ethnicities as Lived Experience How You Talk is Who You Are 'My Culture', 'My Language', My Religion': Communities, Practices and Diasporas Popular Culture, Ethnicities and Tastes What is Brasian? Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R Harris, R. Harris, Roxy Harris
• Con la collaborazione di: Kenneth A Loparo (Editore), Kelly-Holmes (Editore), Kelly-Holmes (Editore), Helen Kelly-Holmes (Editore), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editore), Su Wright (Editore), Sue Wright (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.08.2006
• EAN: 9781403998941
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9894-1
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Language and Globalization; Language and Globalization
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Globalisierung, Soziologie, B, Ethnische Gruppen und multikulturelle Studien, Soziologie: Familie und Beziehungen, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Globalization, Soziolinguistik, Family, Social groups, Sociolinguistics, Sociology: family & relationships, Ethnicity, Sociology, general, Applied Linguistics, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection