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The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative - JPB Gerald

The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative

The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Race and Language Around the World

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Buch | Softcover
140 Seiten
2026
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-80041-939-1 (ISBN)
CHF 34,80 inkl. MwSt
Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought around the world.
Discusses the many ways that racism and hierarchies of language hinder honesty and harm society.



In this bold attempt to challenge readers’ assumptions about racial prejudice, JPB Gerald explores how racism and hierarchies of language hinder effective education and harm societies around the world. Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought across the globe.



The chapters address how racism and harmful linguistic ideologies are perceived, and how these perceptions are influenced and exacerbated by popular culture, which often obscures the reality of intersecting axes of oppression. The book concludes by drawing together the common threads and exploring how readers can challenge and change the narrative.  

JPB Gerald is an independent scholar of issues around language, race and neurodivergence, based in New York, USA. He is the author of Antisocial Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters, 2022) and a book for K12 teachers Embracing the Exceptions (Routledge, 2025).

Prologue



Introduction



Book Preview



Chapter 1. A Progressive Paradise?: The Pacific Northwest



Chapter 2. Untruths and Reconciliation: Canada



Chapter 3. It’s Time for the Sun to Set: The United Kingdom



Chapter 4. Jim Croc: Australia



Chapter 5. The Purveyors of Public Pedagogy: California



Chapter 6. Trying to 'Nice' It Away: The Midwest



Chapter 7. The 'Right' Kind of Spanish: Mexico



Chapter 8. EFL on a Rampage: South Korea and Japan



Chapter 9. Learning Colonialism: Algeria



Chapter 10. Trapped in the Sunken Place: New England



Chapter 11. The Goodest Country: Finland



Chapter 12. Lacking the Tools: Italy



Chapter 13. Home Sweet Home?: New York City



Conclusion



Epilogue



Acknowledgments



Citations!



Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 220 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-80041-939-2 / 1800419392
ISBN-13 978-1-80041-939-1 / 9781800419391
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