Cavanaugh, Jillian R.
Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town
• Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection
• Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival
• Introduces the original concept of the “social aesthetics of language”: the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice
• Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike
Nyckelord: anthropology, social memory, Italy, Bergamasco, Europe, language and culture, ethnography
- Författare
- Cavanaugh, Jillian R.
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2009
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 272 sidor
- Kategori
- Geografi, Resehandböcker
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444308280
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405168823