[Linganth] Ling anth ethnography recommendations for entry-level UG courses

[Susanne Unger]

Dear all,

Many thanks to those of you who shared your suggestions, which I have
compiled below.

Together, they cover an impressive range of topics and locations. While
I've assigned articles by several of the authors I haven't taught their
ethnographies, so I really appreciate your suggestions.

For those of you who have to consider your students' limited budgets when
choosing books, some of the books are also available used, in paperback, or
as e-book rentals (though they might not be listed as such until one clicks
on the shopping cart icon).

Best wishes, Susanne


Ling Anth Ethnography Suggestions

Basso, Keith. 1996. Wisdom Sits in Places.

Das, Sonia. 2016. Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco
Conflicts.

Everett, Dan. 2009. Don’t Sleep: There are Snakes: Life and Language in the
Amazonian Jungle.

Hill, Jane H. 2008. The Everyday Language of White Racism.

Hoffmann-Dilloway, Erika. 2016. Signing and Belonging in Nepal.

LaDousa, Chaise. 2011. House Signs and Collegiate Fun: Sex, Race, and Faith
in a College Town.

Okren, Arica. 2009. In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto rock
stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to
build a perfect language.

Ryang, Sonia. 1997. North Koreans in Japan: Language, Ideology, and
Identity.

García Sánchez, I. M. 2014. Language and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods: The
Politics of Belonging.

Wirtz, Kristina. 2014. Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the
Making of Race and History.



On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Susanne Unger <susanne.unger at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm looking for suggestions for recently published, ling anth-oriented
> ethnographies to teach in lower-level undergraduate-level courses. For
> many students, this will be their first ethnography, and most of them
> have no previous training in sociolinguistics.
>
> At the end of this message are some of the monographs I've taught in
> past semesters; all lead to some very good classroom conversations and
> student papers, and I'd be happy to teach them again, but I am also
> interested in reading and assigning a new monograph. I took a look at
> the list of ethnographies on language socialization that was curated
> last year but am interested in other topics as well.
>
> If you have any recommendations for books you've found engaging and
> well suited for undergraduate students who are just beginning to learn
> about (linguistic) anthropology, please e-mail them to me. I'm happy
> to compile a list later to share with this listserv and/or the SLA
> blog.
>
> Thanks in advance, Susanne
>
>
> Some of the monographs I've taught in recent years:
> Jean Briggs, Never in Anger
> Robin Conley, Confronting the Death Penalty
> Ilana Gershon, The Breakup 2.0
> Graham Jones, Trade of the Tricks
> Norma Mendoza-Denton, Homegirls
>
> Susanne Unger, Ph.D.
> Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
> Department of Anthropology
> The American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
> Washington DC 20016-8003
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/linganth/attachments/20161209/03f424f5/attachment.htm>