Language and Literature in a Glocal World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mehta, Sandhya Rao

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Produktbeschreibung

Timely, well researched and broad in scope with examples from a variety of geographical contexts

Addresses the contemporary concerns of the global-local as articulated in literature and language

Includes original contributions from renowned academics in the areas of literature and language

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811084683
• Artikelnr.: 53096319

Autorenporträt

Sandhya Rao Mehta is presently with the Department of English Language and Literature at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. She has published widely in the fields of English Language, with particular focus on English Language teaching (ELT) and critical thinking in language teaching. She has also worked on Diaspora Studies, gendered migration and postcolonial fiction, focusing on literature of the Indian diaspora. She is the co-editor of Language Studies: Stretching the Boundaries and editor of Exploring Gender in the Literature of the Indian Diaspora.  

Inhaltsangabe

1. Exploring the Glocal World Sandhya Rao Mehta.- PART 1: EXPLORING GLOCAL DISCOURSE. 2. Language in a Glocalized World Chandrika Balasubramanian.- 3. Code Alternation and Entextualization in Bilingual Advertising: Identity Construction in India's Amul Ads Rani Rubdy.- 4. English in Thai Tourism: Global English as a Nexus of Practice Andrew Jocuns.- 5. You are what you tweet: A Divergence in Code-Switching Practices in Cebuano and English Speakers in Philippines Glenn Abastillas.- 6. Naming Food and Creating Identity in Transnational Contexts Rashmi Jacob and Alka Sharma.- 7. The New Zealand Flag Debate Deconstructed George Horvath.- PART 2: EXPLORING GLOCAL LITERATURE. 8. On Gender Silencing in Translation Agnieszka Pantuchowicz.- 9. Looking at Myth in Modern MexicanLiterature Ian Almond.- 10. Singularity and Multitude in Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Micah Robbins.- 11. Fears of Dissolution and Loss: Orhan Pamuk's Characters in Relation to the Treaty of Sèvres Fran Hassencahl.- 12. Global Connections On A Local Scale: A Writer's Vision Simona Klimkova. 13. Textual Deformation in Translating Literature: An Arabic Version of Achebe's Things Fall Apart Mohamed-Habib Kahlaoui.- 14. Pedagogical Perspectives on Travel Literature Rosalind Buckton-Tucker.- Index.