The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world.With a unique focus on Spanish as an international language, each chapter questions the traditional and modern notions of language, place, and identity in the urban context of globalization. This collection of new perspectives on the sociology of Spanish provides an insightful and invaluable resource for students and researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of sociolinguistic research.

Introduction: Globalization, Cities, and the Spanish Language in PostmodernityGlobality and LocalityChapter 1: The ‘Glocalization’ of Spanish in Asia: Spanish Language Study and Familial Use in Hong Kong Chapter 2: Local and Global Elements of Spanish in MadridChapter 3: The Mass Mediation of Spanish in MiamiChapter 4: Making Global Processes Local: Conversational Recasting in New York CitySpace and Orders of IndexicalityChapter 5: The City in Mind: Metalinguistic Constructions of Urban Space in Buenos AiresChapter 6: Migration and Orders of Indexicality in LimaChapter 7: Spanish Language Visibility and the ‘Making of Presence’ in the Linguistic Landscape of LondonChapter 8: Building the Megalopolis: Dialectal Leveling and Language Contact in Mexico CityIdentityChapter 9: Internal Migration and Ethnicity in Santiago Chapter 10: Identity Positions and Agency among Chilean Migrants in Sydney Chapter 11: Advancing a Sociolinguistics of Complexity: Spanish-Speaking Identities in Washington Negotiation of Language ResourcesChapter 12: Down the Sociolinguistic Rabbit Hole: The Complexities and Contradictions of Spanish in Barcelona Chapter 13: Lexical Contact Phenomena Among Spanish Migrants in Cologne Chapter 14: Negotiating Language on the Radio in Los Angeles Chapter 15: Spanish in-Motion in MilanAfterwordSpanish in the City (Francisco Moreno Fernández)

Andrew Lynch is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Miami, USA.