English and the discourses of colonialism [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780203006344 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 0203006348 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9780415178471 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0415178479 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780415178488 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0415178487 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 239 p.)
- Publisher: London ; Routledge, 1998.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | English and the cultural constructs of colonialism -- The cultural contructs of colonialism -- Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy -- Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese -- Images of the self: our marvellous tongue -- Images of the other: China and cultural fixity -- English, continuity and counterdiscourse. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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