Gerald Roche 
The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet [EPUB ebook] 

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In The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet , Gerald Roche sheds light on a global crisis of linguistic diversity that will see at least half of the world’s languages disappear this century.

Roche explores the erosion of linguistic diversity through a study of a community on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the People’s Republic of China. Manegacha is but one of the sixty minority languages in Tibet and is spoken by about 8, 000 people who are otherwise mostly indistinguishable from the Tibetan communities surrounding them. Recently, many in these communities have switched to speaking Tibetan, and Manegacha faces an uncertain future.

The author uses the Manegacha case to show how linguistic diversity across Tibet is collapsing under assimilatory state policies. He looks at how global advocacy networks inadequately acknowledge this issue, highlighting the complex politics of language in an inter-connected world. The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet broadens our understanding of Tibet and China, the crisis of global linguistic diversity, and the radical changes needed to address this crisis.

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Introduction: Language Oppression
Part 1: Erasure
1. Before Language Oppression: Languages and Sovereign Power
2. Language Oppression and the State: Biopolitics and State Racism in the People’s Republic of China
Part 2: Supression
3. Language Oppression and Resistance: Race War andthe Violence of Self-Defense
4. Language Oppression and Global Power Circuits
Part 3: Elimination
5. The Slow Violence of State-Building
6. Banal Violence and Biosovereign Power
Conclusion: Resisting Languag
Epilogue

Circa l’autore

Gerald Roche is Associate Professor in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media, and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. His work focuses on power, the state, colonialism, and racism.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 264 ● ISBN 9781501777790 ● Dimensione 13.0 MB ● Casa editrice Cornell University Press ● Città Ithaca ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2024 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9977537 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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