Shannon Ward

Amdo Lullaby

An Ethnography of Childhood and Language Shift on the Tibetan Plateau

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the everyday conversations of children in eastern Tibet (contemporary Peopleâ s Republic of China) to demonstrate how they use language to navigate the social and cultural changes caused by rural to urban migration.

Produktdetails

• Anthropological Horizons
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781487558673
• ISBN-10: 1487558678
• Artikelnr.: 69927378

Autorenporträt

Shannon M. Ward is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Narrative and Transcription Conventions
Introduction
1. Local Histories and Language Variation in Amdo
2. The Grammar of Belonging: Spatial Deixis in Situated Family Interaction
3. Socializing Compassion: Buddhist Theories of Emotion and Relationality
in the Production of Social Difference
4. Learning Standard Language Ideologies: Education Policy and Colonial
Alienation between the Homeland and the City
5. Reading in the City: Literacy as Belonging in Urban China
Conclusion
Appendix: Annotated Transcripts
Notes
Glossary
References
Index