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In pursuit of English : language and subjectivity in neoliberal South Korea /

"This book presents subjectivity as a theoretical and analytic perspective for studying the intersection of language and political economy. It makes this point by arguing that the way English comes to be valorized as a language of economic opportunity in the context of neoliberalism must be und...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Park, Joseph Sung-Yul (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Subjects:
English language > Social aspects > Korea (South)
English language > Political aspects > Korea (South)
Language policy > Korea (South)
Neoliberalism > Korea (South)
Néo-libéralisme > Corée du Sud.
Asia.
HISTORY.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Neoliberalism
Language policy
English language > Political aspects
English language > Social aspects
Korea (South)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Language and Subjectivity in Neoliberalism
  • 3. English and Neoliberalism in South Korea
  • 4. Language as Pure Potential: Crafting a Desire for English
  • 5. Language Learning as Technology of the Self: The Moral Groundingof English
  • 6. The Biopolitics of Language Learning: Youth, English, and Anxiety
  • 7. Deferring to the Other: English and Linguistic Insecurity
  • 8. Becoming Precarious Subjects: The Unfulfilled Promise of English
  • 9. Conclusions