Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows by Alastair Pennycook

Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows by Alastair Pennycook

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Alastair Pennycook looks at how global Englishes, transcultural flows and pedagogy are interconnected in ways that oblige us to rethink language and culture within the contemporary world.

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Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows by Alastair Pennycook

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed. This timely book explores the relationship between global Englishes (the spread and use of diverse forms of English within processes of globalization) and transcultural flows (the movements, changes and reuses of cultural forms in disparate contexts). This wide-ranging study focuses on the ways English is embedded in other linguistic contexts, including those of East Asia, Australia, West Africa and the Pacific Islands. Drawing on transgressive and performative theory, Pennycook looks at how global Englishes, transcultural flows and pedagogy are interconnected in ways that oblige us to rethink language and culture within the contemporary world. Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows is a valuable resource to applied linguists, sociolinguists, and students on cultural studies, English language studies, TEFL and TESOL courses.

'an important book that deserves to be widely read and discussed'- Stephen Farrow, The Use of English

University of Technology, New South Wales, Australia
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ISBN 13 9780415374972
ISBN 10 0415374979
Title Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows
Author Alastair Pennycook
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2006-12-05
Number of pages 200
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.