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oapen-20.500.12657-771312023-11-15T09:17:26Z A World without Capitalism? Chun, Christian W. A world without capitalism anti-capitalism Christian Chun Christian W. Chun capitalism capitalism and everyday life capitalism and social media capitalism imaginaries capitalist realities discourses of capitalism discourses of globalisation discourse analysis ideologies of capitalism linguistic landscapes political economy theory social semiotics of capitalism sociolinguistic ethnography socio-spatialities of capital visual studies bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics In this book, Christian W. Chun examines the ways in which identities, discourses, and topographies of both capitalist and anti-capitalist imaginaries and realities are embodied in the everyday practices of people. A World without Capitalism? is a sociolinguistic ethnography that explores the heretofore limited research in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics on the discursive and materialized representations and enactments of capitalism. Engaging across disciplinary fields, including applied linguistics, ethnography, political economy, philosophy, and cultural studies, Chun investigates in ethnographic detail how capitalism does and does not pervade people’s everyday experiences. This book aims to further contribute to a much-needed understanding of how discourses operate in the co-constructions of capitalist and anti-capitalist imaginaries and instantiated realities and practices as narrated, lived, and embodied by people and material artifacts. This book is vital reading for students and researchers working in the fields of applied linguistics, discourse analysis, and cultural studies, as well as those interested in understanding capitalism and questioning how to live beyond it. 2023-11-01T11:13:43Z 2023-11-01T11:13:43Z 2022 book ONIX_20231101_9781000484434_15 9781000484434 9781138605367 9781003241041 9781138605343 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/77131 eng application/pdf n/a 9781000484434.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003241041 10.4324/9781003241041 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781000484434 9781138605367 9781003241041 9781138605343 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge 200 [...] Knowledge Unlatched open access
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In this book, Christian W. Chun examines the ways in which identities, discourses, and topographies of both capitalist and anti-capitalist imaginaries and realities are embodied in the everyday practices of people. A World without Capitalism? is a sociolinguistic ethnography that explores the heretofore limited research in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics on the discursive and materialized representations and enactments of capitalism. Engaging across disciplinary fields, including applied linguistics, ethnography, political economy, philosophy, and cultural studies, Chun investigates in ethnographic detail how capitalism does and does not pervade people’s everyday experiences. This book aims to further contribute to a much-needed understanding of how discourses operate in the co-constructions of capitalist and anti-capitalist imaginaries and instantiated realities and practices as narrated, lived, and embodied by people and material artifacts. This book is vital reading for students and researchers working in the fields of applied linguistics, discourse analysis, and cultural studies, as well as those interested in understanding capitalism and questioning how to live beyond it.
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