Book: Language and power in South Asia

[McGinnis, Scott]

Title: Language, Ideology and Power
Subtitle: Language-Learning among the Muslims of Pakistan and North
	  India
			
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
           http://www.oup-usa.org/		
			
Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195796446.html

Author: Tariq  Rahman, Quaid-Azam University

Hardback: ISBN: 0195796446, Pages: 712 pp, Price: $ 35.00

Abstract:

This is the first book-length study of the history of language
teaching and learning among South Asian Muslims. It looks at language
teaching policies and texts to prove that they are meant to support
certain ideologies which, in turn, support certain power
structures. It also argues that, in most cases, people learn language
to empower themselves by equipping themselves for powerful jobs.