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What happens in globalised social contexts if people identify with a language that is not traditionally considered to be 'their' language? This unique contribution to the field of sociolinguistics scrutinises language ideologies of German and Australian Communities of Practice constituted by Salsa dance and asks what languages symbolise in transnational, non-ethnic cultures. Using ethnographic methodology and a deconstructive approach to language it examines these different Salsa communities and gives insight into the interaction of social discourses from local, national and transnational realms, examining differences, similarities and a simultaneous multiplicity of languages' symbolic functions. This book will be welcomed by postgraduates, professional sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists as well as scholars of cultural anthropology, sociology and cultural studies who are interested in the development of modernist categories in transnational culture.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Salsa, Language and Transnationalism
• Author: Britta Schneider
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 160
• EAN: 9781783091898
• ISBN: 1783091894
• ID: 04846357
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Weight: 326 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 151 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. May 2014

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