{"product_id":"applied-linguistics-and-politics-9781350098237","title":"Applied Linguistics and Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian W. Chun\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis excellent volume brings together an impressive assembly of scholars from around the world to explore a range of contexts relevant to the study of language and politics, from media, to economics, to education. Each contribution stands as a dramatic reminder of the relevance of Applied Linguistics to the precarious political moment we find ourselves in. * Rodney H. Jones, Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Reading, UK *\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when many of us are bewildered and dismayed by the political terrain we find ourselves navigating, Chun has assembled an international gathering of extraordinary, insightful scholars, including the now-late Jan Blommaert, who offer analyses of languaging and discourse practices across a shockingly broad array of (often under-researched) communities and realms and shed much-needed clarity on the crucial question of how the work of applied linguists can change the political conditions of lives.” * Suhanthie Motha, Associate Professor, English Department, University of Washington, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eChristian W. Chun (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. Media\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Political Discourse in Post-Digital Societies,      \u003ci\u003eJan Blommaert (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Populism      as a Mediatized Communicative Relation: The Birth of Algorithmic Populism, \u003ci\u003eI.E.L.(Ico)       Maly (Tilburg University, The      Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. Economy\u003c\/b\u003e 3. Audit as Genre, Migration Industries, and      Neoliberalism’s Uptakes, \u003ci\u003eAlfonso Del Percio      (University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. The Politics of Migrant Economies: Applied Linguistics looking into      Thai Massage in Vienna\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMi-Cha Flubacher (University of Vienna, Austria)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Perceiving Subject of Irregular Employment: Applied      Linguistics, Precarity, and Capitalism, \u003ci\u003eJoseph      Sung-Yul Park (National University of Singapore)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III. Culture and Identity\u003c\/b\u003e 6. The      Politics of Culture,\u003ci\u003e Claire Kramsch (University      of California, Berkeley, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Biopolitics and Intersex Human Rights: A      Role for Applied Linguistics, \u003ci\u003eBrian W. King (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV. Affect\u003c\/b\u003e 8. Wash your Hands! Domestic Labour and the      Affective Economy of Racial Capitalism,      \u003ci\u003eAna Deumert (University of Cape Town, South Africa)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Politics of Commemoration and Memory, \u003ci\u003eJohn E. Richardson (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of the Sunshine Coast, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e) and Tommaso Milani (University of      Gothenburg, Sweden)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart V. Education\u003c\/b\u003e 10.   Language, Pedagogy, and Discourses of Criticality in Late Capitalism, \u003ci\u003eCarlos Soto (University of Hong Kong)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Organic Intellectuals or Traditional      Intellectuals: Critical Discourse for Whom?, \u003ci\u003eChristian W. Chun (University of      Massachusetts Boston, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529217286487,"sku":"9781350098237","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350098237.jpg?v=1731874756","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/applied-linguistics-and-politics-9781350098237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}