Language and Identity Politics : : A Cross-Atlantic Perspective / / ed. by Christina Späti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Gallant, Nicole,; Gould, Robert,; Ives, Peter,; Javeau, Claude,; Kraus, Peter A.,; Meune, Manuel,; Patrick, Donna,; Schmidt Sr., Ronald,; Skenderovic, Damir,; Späti, Christina,
• HerausgeberIn: Späti, Christina,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)

In an increasingly multicultural world, the relationship between language and identity remains a complicated and often fraught subject for most societies. The growing political salience of questions relating to language is evident not only in the expanded implementation of new policies and legislation, but also in heated public debates about national unity, collective identities, and the rights of linguistic minorities. By taking a comprehensive approach that considers both the inclusive and exclusive dimensions of linguistic identity across Europe and North America, the studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era’s defining political dynamics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LANGUAGE AND THE RISE OF IDENTITY POLITICS An Introduction -- PART I LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS Theory and Concepts -- Chapter 1 LANGUAGE AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY Theorizing Complexity -- Chapter 2 THE POLITICS OF LINGUISTIC IDENTITY IN EUROPE Between the Expression of Power and the Power of Expressivity -- PART II LANGUAGE AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN MULTILINGUAL STATES -- Chapter 3 LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN BELGIUM -- Chapter 4 PLURILINGUALISM AND IDENTITY POLITICS The Case of Switzerland -- Chapter 5 LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES IN SWITZERLAND The Case of Bilingual Cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Valais) -- Chapter 6 LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN CANADA The Case of Indigenous Languages -- PART III LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN IMMIGRATION SOCIETIES -- Chapter 7 IMMIGRANTS AND THE REFRAMING OF LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Chapter 8 CHALLENGES OF DIVERSITY Language and Immigration in Switzerland -- Chapter 9 LANGUAGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN MINORITY FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITIES IN CANADA Between Collective Linguistic Identity and Individualistic Integration Policies -- THE PROBLEMATIC NEXUS OF LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY Some Concluding Remarks -- INDEX