Language and Social Justice

<p><b>Language whether spoken written or signed is a powerful resource that is used to facilitate social justice or undermine it.</b> The first reference resource to use an explicitly global lens to explore the interface between language and social justice this volume expands our understanding of how language symbolizes frames and expresses political economic and psychic problems in society thus contributing to visions for social justice. <p/> Investigating specific case studies in which language is used to instantiate and/or challenge social injustices each chapter provides a unique perspective on how language carries value and enacts power by presenting the historical contexts and ethnographic background for understanding how language engenders and/or negotiates specific social justice issues. Case studies are drawn from Africa Asia Europe North and South America and the Pacific Islands with leading experts tackling a broad range of themes such as equality sovereignty communal well-being and the recognition of complex intersectional identities and relationships within and beyond the human world. <p/> Putting issues of language and social justice on a global stage and casting light on these processes in communities increasingly impacted by ongoing colonial neoliberal and neofascist forms of globalization <i>Language and Social Justice</i> is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area of research.</p>