252 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of figures, Acknowledgements, 1. English and the cultural constructs of colonialism, 2. The cultural constructs of colonialism, 3. Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy, 4. Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese, 5. Images of the Self: our marvellous tongue, 6. Images of the Other: China and cultural fixity, 7. English, continuity and counterdiscourse, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Pennycook, Alastair
'This is a complex book, containing areas that will appeal to a variety of readers.' - Language in Society
'...elegantly and provocatively written...It is a timely and thoughtful book written with historical sensitivity and above all, an appreciation of the need to place the question of post colonialism...Pennycook has produced an acute, entertaining and often surprising book.' - Rumina Sethi
