Michael Grenfell is Professor in the School of Education, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He has researched and published extensively in Applied Linguistics and the Philosophy of Education. He had a longstanding association with Bourdieu and is author of four other books on his work, including Agent Provocateur (Continuum).
1. Introduction \ Part I \ 2. Bourdieu: A Theory of Practice, Michael Grenfell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) \ 3. Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics, Michael Grenfell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) \ Part II \ 4. Language Variation (Phonetics and Phonology), Michael Grenfell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) \ 5. Language and Ideology, Robert Vann (Western Michigan University, USA) \ 6. Linguistic Ethnography, Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham, UK) \ 7. Language Policy, Stephen May (University of Waikato, New Zealand) \ 8. Language and Education, Cheryl Hardy (John Moores University, Liverpool, UK) \ Part III \ 9. Towards a Bourdieusian Linguistics, Michael Grenfell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) \ 10. ConclusionBibliography \ Index