{"product_id":"the-language-of-marginality-and-roberta-piazza-9781350448582","title":"The Language of Marginality and Subjectivity in a Global Context","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexpands and deepens the investigation of the language associated with or produced by groups that are socially, culturally, racially and economically outliers and whose marginalisation results in a different engagement with and participation in mainstream society's activities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt features case studies from across the globe, including Ghana, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Zambia, addressing the construction (and self-construction) of marginalisation and diversity in discourse and society, bringing to light many unheard and hidden voices and perspectives. The 14 chapters explore a wide range of forms of marginalisation and diversity as global issues that have an impact on societies worldwide, in terms of exclusion in the guise of non-participation in mainstream society's activities and contestation in different international contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributions in the book capture how vulnerable individuals and groups occupying the in-between spaces of marginality navigate through them and construct themselves as dissenting and diverse; how they are aware of their condition at a certain point in time and how they are able to reflect resourcefully on it. Aspiration to a safe place away from the street for individuals at risk of rough sleeping can find an echo in the desire to escape the oppression of a despotic regime that limits Saudi women's freedom. On the contrary, cases of negative self-exclusion are exemplified by the language of Men's Rights Activists who, critical of society's oppression of men, engage in a condemnation of women and feminism. In both cases, there is a conflict between periphery of society and mainstream, although the language of the excluded still engages with the hegemonic society in a form of intrinsic contestation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberta Piazza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350448583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350448582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Roberta Piazza","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241902747903,"sku":"9781350448582","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c6e6c68-dcbe-4b11-925f-03d2dda1ff11.jpg?v=1772656480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-of-marginality-and-roberta-piazza-9781350448582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}