1st Edition

Spanish in Miami Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Postmodernity

By Andrew Lynch Copyright 2022
324 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Spanish in Miami reveals the multifaceted ways in which the language is ideologically rescaled and sociolinguistically reconfigured in this global city. This book approaches Miami’s sociolinguistic situation from language ideological and critical cultural perspectives, combining extensive survey data with two decades of observations, interviews, and conversations with Spanish speakers... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface Writing about Miami

Chapter 1 The Linguistic Order of (Post)Modernity

Chapter 2 Imagining Spanish in Miami

Chapter 3 The Postmodern Paradox of Spanish in Miami

Chapter 4 Power and Solidarity across the Miami / Havana Divide

Chapter 5 The Boundaries of Anglicisms

Chapter 6 Beyond Miami

References

Index

Biography

Andrew Lynch is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Miami, USA.