The Dynamics of

This book contributes new perspectives from the global south on the ways in
which linguistic and discursive boundaries shape inequalities in educational
contexts, ranging from Amazonian missions to Mongolian universities.
Through critical ethnographic and sociolinguistic analysis, the chapters
explore how such boundaries contribute to the geopolitics of colonialism,
capitalism and myriad, interwoven, forms of social life that structure both
oppression and resistance. Boundaries are examined across time and space as
Language and
relational constructs that mark the terms upon which admission to groups,
institutions, territories, or practices are granted. The studies further present
alternative educational approaches that demonstrate the potential for agency
Inequality in
Education
and transgression, highlighting moments of boundary crossing that disrupt
existing linguistic ideologies, language policies and curriculum structures.

Social and Symbolic

Edited by Joel Austin Windle, Dánie de Jesus and Lesley Bartlett

The Dynamics of Language and Inequality in Education
Boundaries in the Global South

Joel Austin Windle is Professor of Modern Languages, Fluminense Federal

University, Brazil and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University,
Australia. He is the author of Making Sense of School Choice (Palgrave, 2015,
Winner of the Raewyn Connell and Stephen Crook prizes).

Dánie de Jesus is Professor of English, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

He has edited volumes in Portuguese entitled Critical Perspectives on
Language Teaching (Pontes, 2017) and Studies on Gender: Identities, Discourse
and Education (Pontes, 2017).

Lesley Bartlett is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of

Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She is co-author (with Frances Vavrus) of Rethinking
Case Study Research (Routledge, 2015) and co-editor (with Ameena
Ghaffar-Kucher) of Refugees, Immigrants, and Education in the Global South:
Lives in Motion (Routledge, 2012).

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