English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility Mathew Leya
English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility Mathew Leya Imperialism may be over, but the political, economic, and cultural subjugation of social life through…
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English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility Mathew Leya
Imperialism may be over, but the political, economic, and cultural subjugation of social life through English has only intensified. The most recent spread of English in India has been through low-fee private schools, which are perceived as dubious yet efficient. This book demonstrates how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India through the fervent aspirations of non-elites and the zealous reforms of English Language Teaching experts.
It demonstrates that political economic transitions, experienced as radical social mobility, fuelled intense desire for English schooling. The book is an ethnography of mothering at one such low-fee private school and its neighboring state-funded school. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility necessitated English schooling.
At the same time, experts have