Chronotopic Identity Work

Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space

Edited by Dr. Sjaak Kroon, Jos Swanenberg

Publication date:

06 December 2019

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781788926614

The concept of chronotopicity is increasingly used in sociolinguistic theorizing as a new way of looking at context and scale in studies of language, culture and identity. This volume brings together empirical work that puts flesh on the bones of this rather abstract chronotopical theorizing, especially focusing on the discursive construction of chronotopic identities. The case studies in this volume address chronotopic identity work in several sites (in Denmark, Indonesia, Mongolia, China, Belgium and The Netherlands). The book will be of interest to students and researchers in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, as well as related fields such as anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.

1. Sjaak Kroon and Jos Swanenberg: Introducing Chronotopic Identity Work

2. Jan Blommaert: Are Chronotopes Helpful?

3. Sender Dovchin: Inverted Youth Language in Mongolia as Macroscopic and Microscopic Chronotopes

4. Kunming Li & Jan Blommaert: The Care of the Selfie: Ludic Chronotopes of Baifumei in Online China

5. Zane Goebel: The Mass Mediation of Chronotopic Identity in a Changing Indonesia

6. Shuang Gao: Chronotopic Identities and Social Change in Yangshuo, China

7. Xuan Wang & Sjaak Kroon: The Chronotopes of Authenticity: Designing the Tujia Heritage in China

8. Martha Sif Karrebæk and Janus Spindler Møller: Languages and Regimes of Communication: Students’ Struggles with Norms and Identities through Chronotopic Work

9. Jos Swanenberg: Out of order: Authenticity and Normativity in Communication at School

10. Malgorzata Szabla: The Moral Economy of Chronotopical Identities: A Case Study in a Polish Community in Antwerp

11. Anna De Fina: Insights and Challenges of Chronotopic Analysis for Sociolinguistics

With a rich and stimulating array of case studies across peripheral sociolinguistic contexts and domains, Chronotopic Identity Work skillfully demonstrates the utility of the Bakhtinian concept of chronotope to understand and appreciate the complexity of contemporary society. It is an essential reading for researchers working on language, identity and globalization.