Aspiring to be global: language and social change in a tourism village in china
Auteur :
Gao, Shuang
Éditeur :
Multilingual Matters
ISBN :
9781788920995
Date de publication :
16 mai 2022
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 x 0,9 cm
Poids :
210 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. It explores the contingencies and tensions in the creation of a ‘global village’ and reveals ambivalent struggles inherent in this ongoing process of social change.