From bilingual education and racial epithets to gendered pronouns and immigration discourses, language is a central concern in contemporary conversations and controversies surrounding social inequality. Developed as a collaborative effort by members of the American Anthropological Association’s Language and Social Justice Task Force, this innovative volume synthesizes scholarly insights on the relationship between patterns of communication and the creation of more just societies. Using case studies by leading and emergent scholars and practitioners written especially for undergraduate audiences, the book is ideal for introductory courses on social justice in linguistics and anthropology.
Author(s): Netta Avineri, Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, Jonathan Rosa
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 269
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 21
Introduction: Reimagining Language and
Social Justice......Page 22
Social Justice......Page 24
Language, Interaction, and Social Justice......Page 26
Access, Equity, Power, Privilege, and Marginalization......Page 27
Part I: Language and Race......Page 28
Part II: Language and Education......Page 29
Part III: Language and Health......Page 30
Part IV: Language and Social Activism......Page 31
Part V: Language, Law, and Policy......Page 32
Note......Page 34
References......Page 35
Critical Questions......Page 38
Chapter 1: “Never Tell Me How to Say It”: Race, Language
Ideologies, and Harm Reduction in Secondary
English Classrooms......Page 40
The Raciolinguistic Ideologies of Teaching Code-Switching......Page 41
“Do I Have to Say it for a White Person?”......Page 43
The Raciolinguistic Ideologies of Whiteness......Page 44
Note......Page 45
References......Page 46
Introduction......Page 48
The Case Study......Page 49
Understanding Racism......Page 50
Hunting for “Racists”......Page 52
References......Page 54
Chapter 3: Contesting Representations of Migrant “Illegality”
through the Drop the I-Word Campaign: Rethinking
Language Change and Social Change......Page 56
References......Page 62
Introduction......Page 65
The Racialization of “Muslims” in America......Page 66
Phonetic/Phonemic Distinctions of Islam/Muslim......Page 68
Interventions on the Figure of the “Muslim” in America......Page 70
References......Page 71
“Black Twitter”......Page 73
Public Emphatic Blackness......Page 76
Discussion......Page 78
Conclusion......Page 79
References......Page 80
Critical Questions......Page 82
Chapter 6: Issues of Equity in Dual Language Bilingual
Education......Page 84
The Case: Issues of Equity in District-Wide DLBE Implementation in Texas......Page 86
Implications for DLBE and Social Justice......Page 88
References......Page 90
Overview of READ Act......Page 93
Research on the Education of Bilingual Learners......Page 94
Timeline/Narrative of Major Events......Page 96
Discussion......Page 98
References......Page 99
What is Dual Language Education?......Page 101
Social Justice Elements of Dual Language Education......Page 102
Supporting the Work of the Dual Language Grant Sites......Page 104
Preliminary Results......Page 105
Conclusions......Page 106
References......Page 107
Chapter 9: Ubuntu Translanguaging and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Identity through Multilingual Education in Tanzania......Page 109
Multilingual Education and Social Justice......Page 110
Cheche Community Library......Page 111
Translanguaging and Power......Page 112
Translanguaging and Identity Negotiation......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 115
References......Page 116
Mapping Gaps......Page 118
Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Perspectives......Page 119
Social Manifestations of Gap Discourses......Page 120
References......Page 124
Critical Questions......Page 128
Chapter 11: Language, Justice, and Rabies: Notes from a Fatal Crossroads......Page 130
The mysterious epidemic......Page 131
Health/Communicative Inequities and Social Injustice......Page 133
Challenging Health/Communicative Inequities......Page 135
Lessons Learned about Language and Social Justice......Page 137
References......Page 139
Biocommunicability and Indexical Presupposition......Page 140
The Biocommunicable Model of Collaboration in Global Health......Page 141
Indexical Presuppositions of Collaboration......Page 142
Acknowledgements......Page 146
References......Page 147
Chapter 13: Interpreting Deaf HIV/AIDS: A Dialogue......Page 149
References......Page 155
Introduction......Page 157
Language and Health Disparities in Guatemala......Page 158
Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance Diabetes Program: A Case Study......Page 159
References......Page 163
Critical Questions......Page 166
White Racist Symbols of Hatred against Native Americans......Page 168
Audience Coalescence as Social Action......Page 172
Coalition Building......Page 174
Conclusion: From “Making a Difference” to “Being the Difference”......Page 175
References......Page 176
Introduction......Page 178
Social Justice and Activism in the Linguistic Landscape......Page 179
Contending the Past into the Present: Argentina and US......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 184
References......Page 185
Introduction......Page 187
The SKILLS Program......Page 188
Youth Agency and Sociolinguistic Justice......Page 189
Conclusion......Page 192
Note......Page 194
References......Page 195
Introduction......Page 197
Why Trans Language Reform Matters......Page 198
Transgender Language Reform......Page 199
References......Page 204
(De)Occupying Language......Page 205
Transforming Trumped Up Language......Page 208
A Brief Case from Cape Town, South Africa......Page 210
Final Thoughts......Page 211
References......Page 212
Critical Questions......Page 214
Chapter 20: A’uwẽ-Xavante Represent: Rights and Resistance in Native Language Signage on Brazil’s Federal Highways......Page 216
Linguistic Landscapes of BR-070 and BR-158......Page 217
Xavante Context......Page 220
Xavante Warã Association’s Proposal......Page 221
Bilingual Highway Signs Advancing Linguistic Rights and Social Justice......Page 223
Linguistic Rights—Linguistic Resistance......Page 226
References......Page 227
Linguistic Rights, Language Policy, and the UDLR......Page 229
Social Justice and the UDLR......Page 230
Language Loss and the UDLR......Page 231
Education......Page 232
The UDLR, Migration, and the Socioeconomic Sphere......Page 233
Effects and Limitations of the UDLR......Page 235
References......Page 236
Chapter 22: “Linguistically Isolated”: Challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s Harmful Classification......Page 238
The Inner Circle (AAA Membership)......Page 240
The Broader LatinU Community......Page 241
Convincing the CB......Page 242
References......Page 245
Chapter 23: Immigrants Facing Linguistic Barriers in the U.S. Justice System: Case Studies from North Carolina......Page 247
Data and methods......Page 248
Legal Provisions for Litigants Facing Linguistic Barriers in the U.S. and in North Carolina......Page 249
Language Access in the Courtroom......Page 250
Outside the Courtroom: Barriers in the In-Between Spaces......Page 251
References......Page 253
Social Justice through Law......Page 256
Empathy and Mitigation......Page 257
Mitigation Narratives in Texas Capital Trials......Page 259
References......Page 262
Index......Page 264
