Linguapax
Ethnography and Language Policy
McCarty, Teresa L. (Ed.) (2011) Ethnography and Language Policy. NY:
Routledge. Pp. 328 ISBN 978-0415801409
Reviewed by Jon Reyhner
Northern Arizona University
The origins of this book are in the editor's endeavor to put together readings for a graduate seminar in ethnography and language policy. The contributors explore through "thick descriptions" from their research what can be produced from interviews and close observation of various communities whose languages are being impacted by various factors, especially today by globalization and other forces of modernity. The various case studies of Navajo, Hopi, Corsican, Hindi, M?ori, Tamil, Welsh and other language use provide the reader with an understanding of the complexities of doing ethnographic research as an insider or an outsider in terms of who researchers choose to or can interview and what they choose or are allowed to observe. This in turns highlights the complexity of understanding the factors that surround the struggle non-world.
Citation: Reyhner, Jon. (2011 June 30) Review of Ethnography and Language Policy by
Teresa L. McCarty (Ed.). Education Review, 14. Retrieved [Date] from
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