Transcultural Performance: Negotiating Globalized Indigenous Identities
Author:   Michele Back
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137412423


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and maintenance of indigenous and minority languages.

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Author:   Michele Back
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.256kg
ISBN:  

9781137412423


ISBN 10:   1137412429
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction: Globalization, Indigenous Languages, and the Runa Takiks 2. Globalized or Glocalized? Transnational or Transcultural? Defining Language Practices in Global Spaces 3. Theorizing Transcultural Language Practices 4. Gender and Beliefs about Language 5. Transcultural Performances of Gender 6. Transcultural Performances of Ethnicity 7. Transcultural Performance and Legitimacy: Seven Years Later 8. Conclusions and Implications for Indigenous and Minority Languages

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Michele Back is an Assistant Professor of World Languages Education at the University of Connecticut, USA. Her research examines how multilingual individuals negotiate and construct identity in transnational and online contexts. She has published articles in The Modern Language Journal, Language Learning and Foreign Language Annals.

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