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Publication details [#61707]

Kubota, Ryuko. 2016. The Multi/Plural Turn, Postcolonial Theory, and Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Complicities and Implications for Applied Linguistics. Applied Linguistics 37 (4) : 474–494.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic world | disadvantage | language dominance | multiculturalism | power

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper explores the multi/plural turn, using some postcolonial theory and neoliberal ideology critiques and suggests an enhanced notice of power and disparities as well as joint attempts to oppose neoliberal (N) academic culture (cfr. N competition and English supremacy) underpinning the multi/plural turn.