Languaging Class

Reflecting on the Linguistic Articulations of Structural Inequalities

By: Ortu, Francesco Bachis (Editor)

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Paperback | 5 June 2023

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This volume explores the issue of social class from the point of view of its linguistic articulations. Indeed, as Machin and Richardson (2008) stated, "discourses may be variously approached as (often simultaneously) reflecting class structures, as a site of class inequalities, as expressive of class identities or class consciousness and/or as a constituent part of more performative class action." Some of the contributions that make up the volume were presented at a conference held at Cagliari University, Italy, in 2017 and responded to the call for analyses on the role of language in reflecting, maintaining, enacting, and inculcating ideas on social class in literary and non-literary texts and discourses in any cultural or linguistic setting. This volume aspires to encourage scholars in disciplines and academic fields that have shied away from reflections on structural inequalities in favor of studies on ethnic, gender, and cultural identities in the last decades to take back on board the concept of social class and to engage with it in a novel way. The variety of approaches - ranging from the more traditional sociolinguistic one, anthropology, to literary and discourse studies - and cultural settings - with case studies coming from 3 continents - represented in the chapters show that social class is a productive and illuminating concept for trying to (re)make sense of social reproduction and change.

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This timely and innovative book, exploring the issue of social class from the point of view of its linguistic articulations, is a welcome contribution to a much-needed reflection on a pivotal topic for several disciplines and fields of inquiry. The substantial introduction and the seven chapters endorse this by offering a variety of case studies, including distinct cultural settings, which expand into diverse textual genres. [...] an invitation to re-think 'class' as a meaningful methodological and operational tool to interpret and make sense of contemporary societal life and dynamics, both from a strategic academic and political point of view. This book will certainly appeal to sociolinguists, anthropologists, political theorists and practitioners, and those engaging in literary studies and students of these disciplines and fields of research.

Dr. Cosimo Zene

Professor Emeritus in the Study of Religions and World Philosophies,

School of History, Religions and Philosophies

SOAS, University of London

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