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Author Woolard, Kathryn Ann, author.

Title Singular and plural : ideologies of linguistic authority in 21st century Catalonia / Kathryn A. Woolard.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford studies in the anthropology of language
Oxford studies in the anthropology of language.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Series; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Table; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note to the Reader on Terminology and Transcription; 1. Introduction; Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Overview; 2. Ideologies of Linguistic Authority:€Authenticity, Anonymity, and Naturalism; 3. Reframing Linguistic Authority in Spain and Catalonia; Part II: Shifting Discourses of Language in Catalan Politics and€Media; 4. "Deeds Not Words":€An Immigrant President and the Politics of Linguistic Parody; 5. Linguistic Cosmopolitanism in the Celebration of Locality.
6. "Singular and Universal": Branding Catalan Culture in the Global MarketPart III: Changing Discourses of Language in Personal Life; 7. Back to the Future: High School Revisited; 8. Is the Personal Political? Linguistic Itineraries across Time; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue; References Cited; Index.
Summary Singular and Plural develops a framework for analyzing ideologies of linguistic authority and illuminates the institutional and interpersonal politics of language in Catalonia. Drawing on ethnographic research across thirty years of political autonomy, Kathryn Woolard shows new relationships of Catalan language, identity, and politics in the new millennium.
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Subject Language policy -- Spain -- Catalonia -- History -- 21st century.
Language policy.
Spain -- Catalonia.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Catalan language -- Social aspects.
Catalan language -- Social aspects.
Catalans -- Ethnic identity.
Catalans -- Ethnic identity.
Catalonia (Spain) -- Languages -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Woolard, Kathryn Ann. Singular and plural. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] 9780190258627 (DLC) 2015039517 (OCoLC)927241436
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