Language and Social Justice

Catalog description

Explores language as a form of social action, and how its use affects, shapes, and creates our social worlds. Teaches how language is integral to an understanding of, and movement toward, social justice. Considers how language is implicated in issues of justice and can be mobilized toward a more just society, looking at a range of language-oriented social justice issues. Provides a fertile ground for understanding and expanding the role of critical thinking in engaging with complex issues.