Full Description
From bilingual education and racial epithets to gendered pronouns and immigration discourses, language is a central concern in contemporary conversations and controversies surrounding social inequality. Developed as a collaborative effort by members of the American Anthropological Association's Language and Social Justice Task Force, this innovative volume synthesizes scholarly insights on the relationship between patterns of communication and the creation of more just societies. Using case studies by leading and emergent scholars and practitioners written especially for undergraduate audiences, the book is ideal for introductory courses on social justice in linguistics and anthropology.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Reimagining Language and Social Justice
Netta Avineri, Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, and Jonathan Rosa
Part I: Language and Race
Introduction and Critical Questions
1: "Never Tell Me How to Say It": Race, Language Ideologies, and Harm Reduction in Secondary English Classrooms
Julia R. Daniels
2: Identifying "Racists" While Ignoring Racism: The Case of the Alleged Slur on George Zimmerman's 911 Tape
Adam Hodges
3: Contesting Representations of Migrant "Illegality" through the Drop the I-Word Campaign: Rethinking Language Change and Social Change
Jonathan Rosa
Chapter 4: Communicating and Contesting Islamophobia
Mariam Durrani
Chapter 5: Languages of Liberation: Digital Discourses of Emphatic Blackness
Krystal A. Smalls
Part II: Language and Education
Introduction and Critical Questions
6: Issues of Equity in Dual Language Bilingual Education
Kathryn I. Henderson, Lina Martín-Corredor, and Genevieve Caffrey
7: Colorado's READ Act: A Case Study in Policy Advocacy against Monolingual Normativity
Kara Mitchell Viesca and Luis E. Poza
8: Dual Language Education as a State Equity Strategy
Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Martha I. Martinez, and Rosa G. Molina
9: Ubuntu Translanguaging and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Identity through Multilingual Education in Tanzania
Monica Shank Lauwo
10: A Critical Interrogation of the "Language Gap"
Eric J. Johnson
Part III: Language and Health
Introduction and Critical Questions
11: Language, Justice, and Rabies: Notes from a Fatal Crossroads
Charles L. Briggs
12: Ethics, Expertise, and Inequities in Global Health Discourses: The Case of Non-Profit HIV/AIDS Research in South Africa
Steven P. Black
13: Interpreting Deaf HIV/AIDS: A Dialogue
Mark Byrd and Leila Monaghan
14: Language as Health: Healing in Indigenous Communities in Guatemala through the Revitalization of Mayan Languages
David Flood, Anita Chary, Peter Rohloff, and Brent Henderson
Part IV: Language and Social Activism
Introduction and Critical Questions
15: Mascots, Name Calling, and Racial Slurs: Seeking Social Justice through Audience Coalescence
Netta Avineri and Bernard C. Perley
16: The Language of Activism: Representations of Social Justice in a University Space in Argentina
Suriati Abas and James S. Damico
17: California Latinx Youth as Agents of Sociolinguistic Justice
Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, and Jin Sook Lee
18: Pronouns and Possibilities: Transgender Language Activism and Reform
Lal Zimman
19: (De)Occupying Language
H. Samy Alim
Part V: Language, Law, and Policy
Introduction and Critical Questions
20: A'uwẽ-Xavante Represent: Rights and Resistance in Native Language Signage on Brazil's Federal Highways
Laura R. Graham
21: The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights
Joyce Milambiling
22: "Linguistically Isolated": Challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's Harmful Classification
Ana Celia Zentella
23: Immigrants Facing Linguistic Barriers in the U.S. Justice System: Case Studies from North Carolina
Dominika Baran and Quinn Holmquist
24: Communicating Humanity: How Defense Attorneys Use Mitigation Narratives to Advocate for Clients
Robin Conley Riner and Elizabeth S. Vartkessian
Index
