2-0500 LANGUAGES, MOBILITY, AND MODERNITIES

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 16:00-17:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Adrienne Lo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Shumin Lin (University of South Florida)

Chairs: Angela Reyes (Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York)

Discussants: Bonnie McElhinny (The University of Toronto) and Jacqueline Messing (University of South Florida)

16:00

/F/ighting in Style:Navigating the South Korean Linguistic Ideology Landscape

Jenna Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

16:15

Ambivalent Modernities: Race, Gender, Sexuality and English Proficiency in South Korea

Adrienne Lo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Jenna Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

16:30

Mapping Modernities: Filipino Domestic Workers in Singapore and the Symbolic Values of ‘Good English’

Beatriz P. Lorente (National University of Singapore)

16:45

Discourses of Modernity: Symbolic Constructions of (Il)Literacy In Contemporary Taiwan

Shumin Lin (University of South Florida)

17:00

Discussant

Bonnie McElhinny (The University of Toronto)

17:15

Discussant

Jacqueline Messing (University of South Florida)

17:30

Discussion

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