This ethnographic work examines both the colonial language governmentality imposed by the Turkish state and the Kurdish language activism as a response to this system. Through a genealogical study, it calls for a reconsideration of the linguistic condition in Turkey as being more than nationalist, highlighting its foundation in intertwined ideologies of racism, imperialism, and colonialism. It then provides an analysis of new possibilities and directions led by the actors of the Kurdish language movement, which seeks to enhance not only the linguistic but also the socio-political condition of the Kurdish people by taking a "beyond language" approach. The work advances our thinking about language oppression and minority language activism.
| ISBN: | 9783111139739 |
| Publication date: | 4th November 2024 |
| Author: | Demet Arpacik |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter Mouton |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Contributions to the Sociology of Language |
| Genres: |
Sociolinguistics Bilingualism and multilingualism |
This ethnographic work examines both the colonial language governmentality imposed by the Turkish state and the Kurdish language activism as a response to this system. Through a genealogical study, it calls for a reconsideration of the linguistic condition in Turkey as being more than nationalist, highlighting its foundation in intertwined ideologies of racism, imperialism, and colonialism. It then provides an analysis of new possibilities and directions led by the actors of the Kurdish language movement, which seeks to enhance not only the linguistic but also the socio-political condition of the Kurdish people by taking a "beyond language" approach. The work advances our thinking about language oppression and minority language activism.
Beyond Language features in the following genres: Bilingualism and multilingualism, Sociolinguistics
Beyond Language is available in Hardback
Beyond Language was written by Demet Arpacik and published by De Gruyter Mouton
Beyond Language has 300 pages
Yes it is part of Contributions to the Sociology of Language series