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Dear Colleagues,<br>
Andy Zhenzhou Ten interviews Eric Henry about his new book, The
Future Conditional. You can find this engaging conversation<br>
on the CaMP anthropology blog: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://campanthropology.org">
https://campanthropology.org</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Ilana<br>
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The press blurb:<br>
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In<span> </span><em style="font-style: italic;">The Future
Conditional</em>, Eric S. Henry brings twelve-years of
expertise and research to offer a nuanced discussion of the
globalization of the English language and the widespread effects
it has had on Shenyang, the capital and largest city of China's
northeast Liaoning Province.<span> </span>Adopting an
ethnographic and linguistic perspective, Henry considers the
personal connotations that English, has for Chinese people,
beyond its role in the education system. Through research on how
English is spoken, taught, and studied in China, Henry considers
what the language itself means to Chinese speakers. How and why,
he asks, has English become so deeply fascinating in
contemporary China, simultaneously existing as a source of
desire and anxiety? The answer, he suggests, is that
English-speaking Chinese consider themselves distinctly separate
from those who do not speak the language, the result of a
cultural assumption that speaking English makes a person modern.</p>
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Seeing language as a study that goes beyond the classroom,<span> </span><em
style="font-style: italic;">The Future Conditional</em><span> </span>assesses
the emerging viewpoint that, for many citizens, speaking English
in China has become a cultural need—and, more immediately, a
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