Negotiating Language, Constructing Race : : Disciplining Difference in Singapore / / Nirmala Srirekam PuruShotam.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- I-VI
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- ‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language
- Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore
- Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings
- Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices
- The mother tongue: male texts and female readings
- Second language: official bilingualism brought home
- Disciplining difference
- Notes
- References
- Index