Linguistic Diversity and Discrimination: Autoethnographies from Women in Academia

This collection explores how women in academia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds negotiate linguistic discrimination and diversity in higher education,using autoethnography to make visible their lived experiences. It highlights how they draw on their multivalent complex linguistic backgrounds and cultural repertoires to cope with and manage gender discrimination,and challenges the wider field to expand discussions on these issues.

Format: Hardback
Length: 247 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This collection delves into the intricate ways in which women in academia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds navigate the complexities of linguistic discrimination and diversity in higher education. Through the use of autoethnography, these scholars bring to light their lived experiences, shedding light on the challenges they face and the strategies they employ to overcome them.

The volume showcases how women in academia from CaLD backgrounds, particularly those residing or working in the Global South, leverage their diverse linguistic backgrounds and cultural repertoires to confront and manage linguistic and systemic gender discrimination. By adopting autoethnography as its primary methodology, the book encourages these academics to break free from the traditional conventions that have limited their voice and writing.

The collection features perspectives from women across various geographic contexts, sub-fields, and levels of experience, whose stories often go unheard. It prioritizes their narratives, lived experiences, and career trajectories in mediating issues related to power, ideology, language policy, social justice, teaching and learning, and identity construction. By centering these women's voices, the book challenges the broader field to expand the boundaries of discussions on linguistic discrimination and higher education institutions to engage critically with these pressing matters.

This book holds significant appeal for scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies. It offers valuable insights into the experiences of women in academia from diverse backgrounds and provides a platform for further exploration and understanding of the complexities surrounding linguistic discrimination and diversity in higher education.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032328751