Abstract
This article takes a magazine for Esperanto youth as an entryway to explore the links between language ideologies and censorial practices. During the Cold War, Esperanto print media sought a connection with the Third World to present Esperanto as an alternative to US-led English and USSR-led Russian. With anti-imperialism gaining ground in these magazines, their editors struggled to adhere to the ideology that posits Esperanto as a neutral and international language. Analyzing the editorial work behind the magazine Kontakto, I explore how partly silencing anti-colonial perspectives worked to safeguard Esperanto's neutrality, ultimately asking: how can language ideologies act as mechanisms of censorship?
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 200-219 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 29 Apr 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Aug 2024 |
Keywords
- Censorship
- Cold War
- Esperanto
- Language ideology
- Silence