Chronotopic Identity Work

Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space

Sjaak Kroon,Jos Swanenberg

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781788926638
• Topic: Langues et linguistique
• Subtopic: Sociolinguistique

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.

Table of contents

• Frontcover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Contributors
• 1 Introducing Chronotopic Identity Work
• 2 Are Chronotopes Helpful?
• 3 Inverted Youth Language in Mongolia as Macroscopic and Microscopic Chronotopes
• 4 The Care of the Selfie: Ludic Chronotopes of Baifumei in Online China
• 5 The Mass Mediation of Chronotopic Identity in a Changing Indonesia
• 6 Chronotopic Identities and Social Change in Yangshuo, China
• 7 Chronotopes and Heritage Authenticity: The Case of the Tujia in China
• 8 Languages and Regimes of Communication: Students’ Struggles with Norms and Identities through Chronotopic Work
• 9 Out of Order: Authenticity and Normativity in Communication at School
• 10 The Moral Economy of Chronotopic Identities: A Case Study in a Polish Community in Antwerp
• 11 Insights and Challenges of Chronotopic Analysis for Sociolinguistics