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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Eliezer Ben-Rafael , Miriam Ben-RafaelPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 39 Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9789004360839ISBN 10: 9004360832 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 06 December 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures, Illustrations and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 Investigating Multiple Globalizations 1 Linguistic Landscapes 2 World-cities and Globalization 3 Multiculturalism 4 The National Principle 5 Research Questions and the Theoretical Argument 6 In Search of Singularities 2 Methodologies and Research Objectives 1 The Research Settings 2 Collecting and Analyzing Data 3 Summing Up 3 Berlin 1 Introduction 2 Globalization in Downtowns 3 Galeries Lafayette 4 A Residential Middle-Class Neighborhood 5 A Turkish-Speaking Area 6 A Mixed Turkish-Arab Area 7 Where Arabic-Speakers Dominate 8 Conclusion 4 Paris 1 Introduction 2 The Champs Elysées 3 Chinatown 4 Jewish Sarcelles-Pletzel 5 Islam at the Goutte d’Or 6 Conclusion 5 Brussels 1 A Hub of Contradictions 2 Downtown Brussels 3 French-Speaking Neighborhoods 4 Flemish Areas 5 Arab Muslim Neighborhoods 6 The sub-Saharan Quarter 7 The Asian Quarter 8 The Turkish Neighborhood 9 The European Quarter 10 Conclusion 6 London 1 Introduction 2 Central London’s LL 3 Golders Green 4 Chinatown in Soho 5 London’s Little India 6 Conclusion 7 Tel Aviv-Jaffa 1 Introduction 2 Downtowns 3 Ramat Hasharon 4 Bnei Brak 5 Old Rosh Ha’Ayin 6 Ajami 7 The Central Bus Station 8 Conclusion 8 Downtowns Around the World 1 Introduction 2 Tokyo-Yokohama 3 New Delhi 4 Addis Ababa 5 Three cases – not too far away 9 An LL Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations 1 The Sociological Perspective 2 Configurations in Downtowns 3 Residential Areas 4 Ethno-cultural Quarters 5 Empirical Conclusions: Answering the Research Questions 10 Emblems of Singularities 1 Introduction 2 The Wall of Berlin: The East Gallery 3 Paris under-the-ground 4 Brussels’ Comic Strip Murals 5 London’s Double-Decker Buses 6 Tel Aviv: the Florentin neighborhood 7 Conclusion 11 General Conclusions 1 A sociology of Linguistic Landscape 2 From Modernity to Multiple Modernities 3 Globalization Instead of Modernity? 4 Multiculturalism and Transnational Diasporas 5 The Pertinence of the Nation 6 Multiple Globalizations Appendix 1: Indexes of Globalization Appendix 2: Major Areas of Destination for Contemporary Migration Flows Appendix 3: Number of Civil Servants per Population (Selected European Countries) Bibliography IndexReviews,,, the book is valuable for providing an overarching framework of societal influences upon the LL of world-cities. Scholars will also benefit immensely from the authors' summaries of a wealth of sociological theory bearing upon modernity, globalisation, multiculturalism and transnational diasporas, and nationhood. - Robert A. Troyer, Western Oregon University, in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development ,,, the book is valuable for providing an overarching framework of societal influences upon the LL of world-cities. Scholars will also benefit immensely from the authors' summaries of a wealth of sociological theory bearing upon modernity, globalisation, multiculturalism and transnational diasporas, and nationhood. - Robert A. Troyer, Western Oregon University, in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development This volume is undoubtedly a very solid contribution to the rather new field of LL (Linguistic Landscapes): on the one hand because of its sound grounding in sociological theory on globalization and multiculturalism, and on the other, for the promising theoretical model Ben-Rafael and Ben-Rafael have elaborated of a LL paradigm for multiple globalizations. - Christine Helot, University of Strasbourg, in: Linguistic Landscape 6/1 (2020) Author InformationEliezer Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1974), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Tel-Aviv University. He has published and edited many books on Globalization, the Israeli society, identity and language, including Handbook of Israel: Major Debates (2 vols) (De Gruyter, 2016). Miriam Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1998), Tel-Aviv University, is Independent Researcher in sociolinguistics. She has published in the area of bilingualism and English penetration of French, including, with Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Sociologie et Sociolinguistique des Francophonies Israéliennes (Peter Lang, 2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |