(Dis-)Harmony
Amplifying Voices in Polyphone Cultural Productions
1st Edition
Published on 22. June 2020
Book
270 pages
978-3-8498-1561-5 (ISBN)
Description
The present volume investigates the representation and use AV
of multilingualism, language variation in English and other
languages in a variety of media and cultural production
(stand-up comedy shows, drag shows, musical genres, TV
series, sports commentary, to name some). Scholars from
various disciplines - from literary or cultural studies, from
linguistics, language teaching, and media studies - discuss
a (dis-)harmony of voices, identity formation, (media)
representation, power distribution and awareness. They
look at the (linguistic) representations of (marginalized)
groups or communities in films, TV series, novels, songs
etc. and some include the analysis of the language(s) and
language varieties used. They discuss the visibility, agency,
empowerment, stereotyping or ridiculing of different social
groups and treat issues of authenticity, (self-)identity formation,
style-shifting, audiences, media types and genres.
With this, the present volume explores and expands
the concept of polyphony as it was famously employed by
Mikhail Bakhtin in 1929.
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Table of Contents
Prelude
Julia Andres, Brian Rozema & Anne Schröder ......................................... 7
Plucky Tommies, Angelic Nurses and the Others: Identity Constructions in
Hegemonic and Antihegemonic Discourse of First World War Songs
Franz Andres Morrissey ............................................................................ 9
In/Visibility, Silencing, Gaining Voice and Agency in Visual Discourses on
Refugees and Forced Migration
Silke Betscher .......................................................................................... 35
Identities without Alterity? Linguistic Varieties in Eddie Izzard's Stand-up
Comedy Shows
Alexander Brock ...................................................................................... 51
Two Hundred Plus Years of Dialect Representation in English Literature
Stephan Gramley ..................................................................................... 67
"No One Talks Like That. Sorry." What Are People Doing When They Discuss
Film and Television Accents?
Jane Hodson & Kate Hunter .................................................................. 101
Identity through the Looking Glass: Voices of Drag in Past and Present
Sven Leuckert & Ashleigh D. Moeller ................................................... 117
"Let's Get Ready to Rumble": Sport Language and Fan Identity
Emalee Nelson ...................................................................................... 137
The Manifold Facets of Linguistic Contact: Giving Voice to the Multicultural
Fabric of the French Caribbean in Literature
Paula Prescod ........................................................................................ 147
Teaching World Englishes with Films
Marion Schulte & Peter Schildhauer ..................................................... 167
Reggae and Dub Poetry: Teaching a Different "Riddim"
Laurenz Volkmann ................................................................................ 185
Negotiating Cultural Identities in Interactions about Turkish TV Series
Kristin Weiser-Zurmühlen ..................................................................... 199
The Voice of GDR-English
Göran Wolf ............................................................................................. 219
The Fictolects of Child Narrators: Adult Constructions of the Child's Voice
Tyll Zybura & Katharina Pietsch .......................................................... 241
Biographical Notes on the Authors ....................................................... 265