(Re)making society : the politics of language, discourse, and identity in the Philippines /

(Re)making society : the politics of language, discourse, and identity in the Philippines / T. Ruanni F. Tupas, editor. - Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, c2007. - xxvi, 262 pages 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Language in Philippine education / Allan B.I. Bernardo -- The language of history / Portia L. Reyes -- Back to class, the ideological structure of the medium of instruction debate in the Philippines / T. Ruanni F. Tupas -- Believing bureaucracy, discourse and identity in a Philippine Baptist Church / Brian Howell -- El Shaddai and the reframing of poverty in the Philippines / Katharine L. Wiegele -

Nine individually referenced papers examine the complex relations between language, society, identity, globalization and various aspects of Philippine life, including class, gender and ethnicity. The contributors come from different disciplines and use a range of theoretical frameworks and approaches to analyse issues such as law, poverty, ideology, identity, transvertism and education. (Source: http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/)

9789715425421


Sociolinguistics--Philippines.

P 40.45.P6 / .R281 2007