Salsa, Language and Transnationalism


Authors: Britta Schneider

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published Date: 2014-05-22

Language: en

Description: This unique contribution to the field of sociolinguistics scrutinises language ideologies in a globalised world. Using ethnographic methodology and a deconstructive approach to language it examines German and Australian Communities of Practice constituted by Salsa dance, and asks what languages symbolise in transnational, non-ethnic cultures.