Comments on: The monolingual sniffer dog and the lonely rabbi http://www.languageonthemove.com/recent-posts/the-monolingual-sniffer-dog-and-the-lonely-rabbi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-monolingual-sniffer-dog-and-the-lonely-rabbi Language learning, multilingualism, intercultural communication Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jenny Zhang http://www.languageonthemove.com/recent-posts/the-monolingual-sniffer-dog-and-the-lonely-rabbi/comment-page-1#comment-195 Jenny Zhang Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:21:46 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=187#comment-195 Enlightened by your book chapter “At the intersection of gender, language and transnationalism”, I read up on intersectionality theory. I found this theory provides a very useful tool for analyzing complex sociolinguistic phenomena. In this increasingly globalizing world, socially constructed categories of differentiation (namely, race/ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, class, species or disability) always intersect with language to produce and maintain social inclusion/exclusion. Some references on “Intersectionality” are as follows: 1. Alcorso, C., & Ho, C. (2006). Migrant women and the Australian information, communications and technology sector--a special case? Labour & Industry, 16(3), 109(123). 2. Kofman, E., & Raghuram, P. (2006). Gender and Global Labour Migrations: Incorporating Skilled Workers. Antipode, 38(2), 282-303. 3. Lan, P. C. (2003). "They Have More Money but I Speak Better English!": Transnational Encounters between Filipina Domestics and Taiwanese Employers. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 10(2), 133–161. 4. Lan, P. C. (2008). New Global Politics of Reproductive Labor: Gendered Labor and Marriage Migration. Sociology Compass, 2(6), 1801-1815. 5. Piller, I. & K. Takahashi. In press. At the intersection of gender, language and transnationalism. In Nik Coupland. Ed. Handbook of Language and Globalisation. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 6. Valentine, G. (2007). Theorizing and Researching Intersectionality: A Challenge for Feminist Geography. The Professional Geographer, 59(1), 10-21. 7. Yuval-Davis, N. (2007). Intersectionality, Citizenship and Contemporary Politics of Belonging Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 10(4), 561-574. Enlightened by your book chapter “At the intersection of gender, language and transnationalism”, I read up on intersectionality theory. I found this theory provides a very useful tool for analyzing complex sociolinguistic phenomena. In this increasingly globalizing world, socially constructed categories of differentiation (namely, race/ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, class, species or disability) always intersect with language to produce and maintain social inclusion/exclusion.

Some references on “Intersectionality” are as follows:

1. Alcorso, C., & Ho, C. (2006). Migrant women and the Australian information, communications and technology sector–a special case? Labour & Industry, 16(3), 109(123).
2. Kofman, E., & Raghuram, P. (2006). Gender and Global Labour Migrations: Incorporating Skilled Workers. Antipode, 38(2), 282-303.
3. Lan, P. C. (2003). “They Have More Money but I Speak Better English!”: Transnational Encounters between Filipina Domestics and Taiwanese Employers. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 10(2), 133–161.
4. Lan, P. C. (2008). New Global Politics of Reproductive Labor: Gendered Labor and Marriage Migration. Sociology Compass, 2(6), 1801-1815.
5. Piller, I. & K. Takahashi. In press. At the intersection of gender, language and transnationalism. In Nik Coupland. Ed. Handbook of Language and Globalisation. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
6. Valentine, G. (2007). Theorizing and Researching Intersectionality: A Challenge for Feminist Geography. The Professional Geographer, 59(1), 10-21.
7. Yuval-Davis, N. (2007). Intersectionality, Citizenship and Contemporary Politics of Belonging Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 10(4), 561-574.

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