TY - BOOK AU - Pennycook,Alastair TI - English and the Discourses of Colonialism SN - 9780415178488 (pbk) AV - PE2751 .P47 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - Political aspects KW - Commonwealth countries KW - Foreign countries KW - Great Britain KW - Colonies KW - Discourse analysis KW - Communication, International KW - Decolonization KW - Terminology KW - Imperialism KW - Languages N1 - Available in print and electronic formats; Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index; "English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep; This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is, as commonly assumed, a language of neutrality and global communication, and to what extent it is, by contrast, a language laden with meanings and still weighed down with colonial discourses that have come to adhere to it; Travel writing, newspaper articles and popular books on English, are all referred to, as well as personal experiences and interviews with learners of English in India, Malaysia, China and Australia. Pennycook concludes by appealing to postcolonial writing, to create a politics of opposition and dislodge the discourses of colonialism from English." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; 1. English and the cultural constructs of colonialism ; Why English? ; Why colonialism? ; English language teaching and colonialism ; Personal histories, colonialism and English ; Discourse, history and the present ; Outline; 2. The cultural constructs of colonialism ; Colonialism, imperialism and culture ; Colonial dichotomies ; Conclusion; 3. Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy ; Anglicism and Orientalism ; Towards a policy of pragmatic vernacularism ; Conclusion; 4. Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese ; Playing safe: language policy in Malaya ; Hong Kong: opium, riots and myths ; Discourses of Hong Kong education ; Conclusions: language policies and colonial legacies; 5. Images of the Self: our marvellous tongue ; Our marvellous tongue ; Teaching our marvellous tongue to speakers of other languages; 6. Images of the Other: China and cultural fixity ; Orientalist discourses ; Conclusion: ELT and cultural fixity; 7. English, continuity and counterdiscourse ; Colonial continuities ; Available discourses and counterdiscourses ; Remaking English in Australia; Notes; Bibliography; Index UR - https://www.routledge.com/English-and-the-Discourses-of-Colonialism/Pennycook/p/book/9780415178488 UR - https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/gege1p/alma991042282619705161 ER -