Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows

by Alastair Pennycook

Book Overview

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed. This timely book explores the relationship between global Englishes (the spread and use of diverse forms of English within processes of globalization) and transcultural flows (the movements, changes and reuses of cultural forms in disparate contexts).

This wide-ranging study focuses on the ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415374979
• ISBN13: 9780415374972
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"