An Examination of Power as It Is Embedded in Language and Implications for Multicultural Counseling.

Abreu, Martika M.; Giordano, Francesca G.

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ERIC Number: EJ542375

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Publication Date: 1996

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An Examination of Power as It Is Embedded in Language and Implications for Multicultural Counseling.

Abreu, Martika M.; Giordano, Francesca G.

Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, v35 n1 p40-49 Sep 1996

Reviews the nature of a genuine multicultural perspective and the need to establish and sustain this perspective. Details how language shapes perspective and wields power as domination. Language change and tolerance for language diversity are suggested as techniques to disarm the language-as-power phenomenon and to aid the counseling process. (RJM)

Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Standardization, Power Structure, Social Attitudes, Social Structure

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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