Linguistic Disobedience Restoring Power to Civic Language
This book asks how we—as citizens, immigrants, activists, teachers—can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers,&nb
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ichelle Moyd David Gramling
Linguistic Disobedience Restoring Power to Civic Language
Yuliya Komska Department of German Studies Dartmouth College Hanover, NH, USA
Michelle Moyd Department of History Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA
David Gramling Department of German Studies University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-92009-2 ISBN 978-3-319-92010-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92010-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018943808 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Paul Linse / Getty Images Cover design by Tjaša Krivec Index by Patrick Ploschnitzki Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For all those who have lived and died for language
Contents
1 Introduction: Obeying and Disobeying 1 2 Critique 23 3 Correction 69 4 Care 105 5 Epilogue: Finding Our Minds 147 Index 163
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About the Authors
Yuliya Komska is Associate Professor of German Studies at Dartmouth College, USA. She wrote The Icon Curtain: The Cold War’s Quiet Border (2015) and co-edited, with Irene Kacandes, Eastern Europe Unmapped: Beyond Borders and Peripheries (2017). Michelle Moyd is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. She is the author of Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa (2014). David Gramling is Associate Professor of German Studies and Second Language Acquisition & Teaching at the University of Arizona, USA. His book The Invention of Monolingualism (2016) received the American Association for Applied Linguistics book award for 2018.
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