Silencing Shanghai

Language and Identity in Urban China

Autori

• Fang Xu

Parametri

• 276 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Etnografia

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The book explores the tension between Shanghai's rise as a global city and the declining use of the Shanghai dialect, highlighting the impact of state-sponsored social exclusion on local identity. It reveals how the endangerment of this vernacular not only silences a crucial aspect of the community's voice but also threatens the linguistic foundation that shapes the region's cultural heritage.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2021

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