Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Language, discourse and transnationalism in a social movement xx
Emmaus as a holistic social movement xx
Investigating sociolinguistic articulation across borders xx
Theoretical approaches xx
Critical ethnographic sociolinguistics xx
Transnational social movements xx
Community as a nexus xx
An ethnographic journey into a transnational field xx
Access, collaboration and positioning xx
An ethnographic toolbox xx
Structure of the book xx
Chapter 2: Historicising the transnational expansion of a social movement through key events and texts xx
Introduction xx
Transnational and multilingual expansion of a French movement xx
Foundation and Catacombs period (1949-1954) xx
Insurrection of Goodness in France (1954) and early expansion (1955-1969) xx
From the First World Assembly (1969) to the politicisation of the movement (1988) xx
Historicising religion and politics in two different Emmaus communities xx
Faith traditions and socio-political activism xx
Emmaus Barcelona: Progressive Catholicism and post-68 activism xx
Emmaus London: Charity and social enterprise xx
Concluding remarks: A solidarity mission over time xx
Chapter 3: Transnational articulation and socialisation through the Emmaus founding story xx
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