Tongues as a Site of Subversion

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" Tongues as a Site of Subversion "
Ekaputra Tupamahu

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1080866
Doc. No	:	LA124495
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700747-03803005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ekaputra Tupamahu
Title & Author	:	Tongues as a Site of Subversion [Article]\ Ekaputra Tupamahu
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Pneuma
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	38/3
Page No	:	293–311
Abstract	:	In this article I discuss the close relationship between colonialism and the expansion of language. Language is always politically contested. A language can become an international language today because it has a long history of colonization and subjugation of other groups of people. I analyze the sociopolitical dimension of tongues by engaging, among others, linguist Roman Jakobson, philosopher Michel Foucault, and cultural theorist Judith Butler. By placing tongues in the context of the politics of language, I aim to show that the practice of speaking in tongues can be viewed as a strategic subversion and disruption of the regime of normalized language. In this article I discuss the close relationship between colonialism and the expansion of language. Language is always politically contested. A language can become an international language today because it has a long history of colonization and subjugation of other groups of people. I analyze the sociopolitical dimension of tongues by engaging, among others, linguist Roman Jakobson, philosopher Michel Foucault, and cultural theorist Judith Butler. By placing tongues in the context of the politics of language, I aim to show that the practice of speaking in tongues can be viewed as a strategic subversion and disruption of the regime of normalized language.
Descriptor	:	glossolalia
Descriptor	:	language
Descriptor	:	Pentecostalism
Descriptor	:	politics
Descriptor	:	postcolonialism
Descriptor	:	tongues
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700747-03803005‬