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The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet - Softcover

Roche, Gerald

 
9781501777783: The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1501777785 ISBN 13: 9781501777783
Verlag: Cornell University Press, 2024

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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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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Verlag
Cornell University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1501777785
ISBN 13 
9781501777783
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
252
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