Language on the Move podcast | Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media: An interview with Laura Smith-Khan

Podcast

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Language on the Move

Year: 2024
Language(s): English

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and they investigate what a choice as seemingly banal as a character’s accent has to do with whiteness, standard language ideology, and securing a nation’s borders. They then reflect on Laura’s most recently published paper (with co-authors Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller and Dr. Hanna Torsh) and how accents and language are used to shape discourses around migration and belonging.

https://www.languageonthemove.com/whiteness-accents-and-childrens-media/

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