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Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town
Contributor(s): Cavanaugh, Jillian R. (Author)
ISBN: 140516882X     ISBN-13: 9781405168823
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $108.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306.440
LCCN: 2008048207
Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages
 
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Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy.

- Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection
- Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival
- Introduces the original concept of the "social aesthetics of language" the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice
- Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike
- Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series