Dr. Mari Haneda

"Reinterpreting sociolinguistics in relation to the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism, the authors effectively map out a critical history of how language serves, and has served, as a terrain for producing and reproducing social inequalities. The decolonial stance adopted in the book resonated with me. It is also a timely book for the current period of pandemic in which socioeconomic and racial disparities have become highlighted and interrogated. "