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Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power book cover

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Multilingualism in the Andes Policies, Politics, Power

By Rosaleen Howard Copyright 2023
314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia,　demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state. Based on the author’s research in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia over several decades, Howard draws comparisons over time... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Language: vehicle of power and object of policy 3. Linguistic racism in Latin America: reality and rights 4. Post-millennial politics of multilingualism in Hispanicised Latin America 5. Indigenous language activism, second-language learning and the growth of agency 6. Translation, interpreting and Indigenous language rights7. Conclusions

Biography

Rosaleen Howard is Professor Emerita in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University with specialism in Latin American Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology. Editor of Creating Context in Andean Cultures (Oxford University Press, 1997) and co-editor of Knowledge and Learning in the Andes: Ethnographic Perspectives (Liverpool University Press, 2002). Author of Por los linderos de la lengua: ideologías lingüísticas en los Andes (Institute of Peruvian Studies, Lima, 2007) and Beyond the lexicon of difference: Discursive Performance of Identity in the Andes, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 4 (1): 17–46, 2009.

"This is an excellent book, rich in insights and socio-linguistic and educational analysis of Andean contexts...and it challenges educationalists to look beyond the formal education sector to the language work of Indigenous youth and new educational spaces for the validation and promotion of Indigenous languages in a digital age." - Sheila Aikman, University of East Anglia, UK, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 

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