English and the Discourses of Colonialism

by Alastair Pennycook

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415178487
• ISBN13: 9780415178488
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"