Neriko Musha Doerr

The Paradox of Difference (eBook, PDF)

Moving Beyond Border Crossing, Translanguaging, and Unit Thinking

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Sociocultural environments prompt us to notice and mark certain differences over others. This book investigates five paradoxes in the discourses and practices around such differences: the paradox of mixing, standardization, narrative, proximity, and tolerance. Drawing on the notion of unit thinking, it explores how perceived differences emerge fluidly in specific contexts. Through critical analyses of race studies, language education, global education/study abroad, and volunteer/service work, the book examines how these fields build on or capitalize on pre-conceived differences. It opens up discussions for new understandings of differences that challenge essentialist framings and inform alternative practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781836953135
• Artikelnr.: 76008270

Autorenporträt

Neriko Musha Doerr is Adjunct Professor at Ramapo College. Her publications include Fairies, Ghosts, and Santa Claus (Berghhahn, 2022), Transforming Study Abroad: A Handbook (Berghahn, 2020), The Global Education Effect and Japan: Constructing New Borders and Identification Practices (Routledge, 2020).