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Transcultural Performance

Negotiating Globalized Indigenous Identities

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Michele Back

    1. University of Connecticut, USA

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Part of the book series: Language and Globalization (LAGL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Globalization, indigenous languages, and the Runa Takiks

    • Michele Back
    Pages 1-14

  3. Globalized or glocalized? Transnational or transcultural? Defining language practices in global spaces

    • Michele Back
    Pages 15-29

  4. Theorizing transcultural language practices

    • Michele Back
    Pages 30-46

  5. Gender and beliefs about language

    • Michele Back
    Pages 47-66

  6. Transcultural performances of gender

    • Michele Back
    Pages 67-85

  7. Transcultural performances of ethnicity

    • Michele Back
    Pages 86-107

  8. Transcultural performance and legitimacy: Seven years later

    • Michele Back
    Pages 108-125

  9. Conclusions and implications for indigenous and minority languages

    • Michele Back
    Pages 126-138

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 139-160
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Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and maintenance of indigenous and minority languages.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Connecticut, USA

    Michele Back

About the author

Michele Back is an Assistant Professor of World Languages Education at the University of Connecticut, USA. Her research examines how multilingual individuals negotiate and construct identity in transnational and online contexts. She has published articles in The Modern Language Journal, Language Learning and Foreign Language Annals.

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