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This course investigates the linguistic construction of race and ethnicity, with a particular focus on processes of racial/ethnic categorization in the U.S. We will explore the co-construction of language and racial/ethnic formations (e.g. Asian, Black, Latinx, Native American, White), by examining theories of racial/ethnic categorization alongside analyses of language use and language ideology. This course takes an intersectional, sociohistorical perspective, considering these questions across historical and contemporary periods and with attention to other dimensions of identity and social practice. We will discuss the processes that naturalize, contest, dismantle, and reconfigure the categories of language and race, including the ways that linguists have participated in these projects, in order to understand how racial formations are embedded in social hierarchies. Topics include: racial formation theory; racialization/ethnicization; ‘ethnolects’ (e.g. AAVE, Chicano English); interactional negotiations of race/ethnicity; media representation of language and race. |
