1st Edition
Subjectivity, Language and the Postcolonial Beyond Bourdieu in South Africa
By Hannah Botsis
Copyright 2018
134 Pages
by
Routledge
134 Pages
by
Routledge
134 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Subjectivity, Language and the Postcolonial, Hannah Botsis draws on theoretical work that exists at the intersection of critical social psychology, sociolinguistics and the political economy of language, to examine the relationships between language, subjectivity, materiality and political context.
The book foregrounds the ways in which the work of Bourdieu could be read in conjunction... Read more
Introduction Chapter 1. Subjectivity, Language and Identity Chapter 2. The Symbolic economy Chapter 3. The paradox of subjection Chapter 4. The postcolonial symbolic economy Chapter 5. Subject positioning in the South African Symbolic Economy Conclusion
Biography
Hannah Botsis completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism at Stockholm University. Her research interests include postcolonial language biographies and theories of subjectivity and power.
