Amy L Paugh: 2 books
Playing with Languages
Children and Change in a Caribbean Village
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Over several generations villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence....
Food and Language
Discourses and Foodways across Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Food and Language: Discourses and Foodways across Cultures explores in innovative ways how food and language are intertwined across cultures and social settings. How do we talk about food? How do we interact in its presence? How do we use food to communicate? And how does social interaction feed us?...