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English and the discourses of colonialism

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep.This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is, as commonly assumed, a language of neutrality and global communication, and to what extent it is, by contrast, a language laden with meanings and still weighed down with colonial discourses that have come to adhere to it.Travel writing, newspaper articles and popular books on English, are all referred to, as well as personal experiences and interviews with learners of English inIndia, Malaysia, China and Australia. Pennycook concludes by appealing to postcolonial writing, to create a politics of opposition and dislodge the discourses of colonialism from English.

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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
239

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism
2004, Taylor & Francis Group Plc
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Cover of: English and the discourses of colonialism
English and the discourses of colonialism
1998, Routledge
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.

Published in
London, New York
Series
The politics of language

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.44/9/09171241
Library of Congress
PE2751 .P47 1998, PE2751.P47 1998, PE2751 .P47 1998eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 239 p. ;
Number of pages
239

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL351699M
Internet Archive
englishdiscourse00penn
ISBN 10
0415178479, 0415178487, 0415178487
LCCN
98011146
OCLC/WorldCat
560125864, 98011146, 38270822
Library Thing
6796892
Goodreads
86599
4808373

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