Readings in Language Studies Volume 7: Intersections of Peace and Language Studies

by Erin A Mikulec (Editor), Sai Bhatawadekar (Editor), Cuhullan Tsuyoshi McGivern (Editor)

Overview

Readings in Language Studies, Volume 7: Intersections of Peace and Language Studies features international contributions that represent state-of-the-field reviews, multi-disciplinary perspectives, theory-driven syntheses of current scholarship, reports of new empirical research, reflections on pedagogical practices, and critical discussions of major topics centered on the intersection of language studies and peace. Consistent with the mission of ISLS, the collection of 13 chapters in this volume seeks to "bridge these arbitrary disciplinary territories and provide a forum for both theoretical and empirical research, from existing and emergent research methodologies, for exploring the relationships among language, power, discourses, and social practices."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996482035
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2019
Series:	Readings in Language Studies
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.77(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Foreign Popular Media: Boon or Bane for Peaceful Educational 1 Outcomes in Japanese University EFL Learning Contexts?

Brian G. Rubrecht

2 For the Peace of Mind of Language Learners: Understanding 23 Constraints on Learners in an EFL Environment

Chieko Mimura

3 Identifying and Identifying With: A Critical Look into Student 45 Interaction with Peace, Activism, Altruism, and Love in a

Japanese University Setting

Kirk R. Johnson and Tim M. Murphey

4 Peacebuilding and Social Justice in English as a Foreign 63 Language: Classroom Experiences from a Colombian High School

Yecid Ortega

5 Incorporating Peace Education into EFL 91

Maki Taniguchi

6 Critical Foreign Language Pedagogy: Peace Education & 111 Confronting and Negotiating Aggressive Situations

Gerrard Mugford

7 Social Dispositions Against Women in Bangledesh: 133 Using Critical Media Literacy to Promote Social Justice

Sabiha Sultana and K. C. Nat Turner

8 Bilingual Teacher Candidates Speak of Peace, Language, and 151 Identity: Reflecting on the Era of Restrictive Language Policies

in California

Ana M. Hernández

9 The Tattooed Body Speaks Peace: Centering the Male Brown 173 Body as Language of Rebellion, Resilience, and Emancipation

Mia Angélica Sosa-Provencio and Tamara Anatska

10 Pragmatic Acts of the Talking Drum in Pre-Colonial Yoruba 195 Warfare and Peace Initiative

Waheed A. Bamigbade

11 The Roles of Language Use in the Elusive Peace of the 223 Nigerian Social and Political Landscapes

Babatunji Adepoju

12 Investigating Language Politics Before and After the 2016 U. S. 241 Election

Nicole King, Jackie Ridley, and Esther Yoon

13 The Role of Language in the Western Sahara Conflict Between 271 Algeria and Morocco

Kamal Belmihoub

14 Waging War in the Language of Peace: The Use of Esperanto as 291 the “Aggressor Language” by the U.S. Army

Timothy Reagan

Editorial Reviews

“With this volume, the International Society for Language Studies provides rich fodder for critical inquiry—gathering authors working from an impressively far-flung range of contexts and identities, weaving together an intricate multiplicity of disciplinary lenses—all put into meaningful and lucid conversation around the interconnections of peace and conflict, language, knowledge-making, and power.”

Suhanthie Motha, Ph.D.

Associate Professor English Department University of Washington

“In a period of increasing global crisis, Intersections of Peace and Language Studies is a timely and important volume that brings to the fore the critical work of activist language educators around the globe in promoting peace. The book sends a clear message to teachers, teacher educators, as well as curriculum and policy makers, and points us toward re-envisioning our work as revolutionary, committed to ending oppression in all its manifestations and embracing world peace.”

Rabia Hos, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of TESOL University of Rhode Island

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