Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative Local Interest It offers practical insights and

It offers practical insights and examples that can be applied in various educational settings to promote holistic and inclusive learning experiences for all learners

which marginalized local languages and cultures

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ISBN-13: 9780367440473

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Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative Local Interest It offers practical insights andExcitable Speech by Judith Butler examines the power of language to wound and linguistic violence as its own kind of violence. She argues that speech is 'excitable and fluid, shaped by fantasy, context, and power structures' and urges caution concerning the use of legislation to restrict and censor speech. She also shows how languages oppositional power resides in its insubordinate and dynamic nature and its capacity to appropriate and defuse words