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Sociolinguistic upsets and people of color in social media performances (2022)

Leppänen, S., & Westinen, E. (2022). Sociolinguistic upsets and people of color in social media performances. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2022(275), 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2021-0047

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Leppänen, Sirpa
Westinen, Elina

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Leppänen, Sirpa; Westinen, Elina

Lehti tai sarja: International Journal of the Sociology of Language

ISSN: 0165-2516

eISSN: 1613-3668

Julkaisuvuosi: 2022

Ilmestymispäivä: 11.05.2022

Volyymi: 2022

Lehden numero: 275

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 129-151

Kustantaja: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Julkaisumaa: Saksa

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2021-0047

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/81000

Tiivistelmä

Particularly since the refugee “reception crisis” in 2015, Finland has started transforming into a more diverse and multicultural society. These societal changes have also been accompanied by sociolinguistic change, as well as language ideological debates and tensions, often manifesting in explicitly racist and xenophobic bursts of upset. In this article, our focus is on social media as a space where such societal and sociolinguistic upsets are articulated and re-worked. Drawing on recent sociolinguistic and discourse analytic work on transformative and critical popular cultural practices in social media, and studies on rap and belonging, we discuss how, in a mediatized society such as Finland, social media serve as a forum for antagonism and conflict, but also as a site for ‘talking back’. As our illustrative cases, we investigate two heteroglossic social media performances by entertainers and artists of color. In our analysis, we will show how these performances highlight and contest ideological notions of the way particular language resources are considered a key to Finnishness, as well as their role in the racialization and othering of people of color.

YSO-asiasanat: kieli ja kielet; ideologiat; kielellinen identiteetti; monikielisyys; monimuotoisuus; monikulttuurisuus; yhteiskunnallinen muutos; sosiaalinen media; verkkokeskustelu; POC-ihmiset; etniset ryhmät; rasismi; asenteet; sosiaaliset ristiriidat; sosiolingvistiikka