English Linguistic Imperialism from Below : Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility

The book shows how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India. Political economic transitions experienced as radical social mobility fuelled intense non-elite desire for English schooling. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility necessitated English schooling.

• | : Leya Mathew
• | Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1788929144
• | ISBN-13: 9781788929141