This extraordinary collective volume expands and deepens exponentially the multiple meanings of ‘citizenship’ by moving it to new territories. From citizenship as bureaucratic tool to a symbolic device for national regimes where language serves as a main discriminatory device. Each chapter draws light on a new perspective of citizenship including issues of ceremonies, bodies and sexuality in some new entities as Singapore and South Africa. All in all, the reader can observe how language is abused for the sake of exclusion, and control of human freedom.

- Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University,

The volume transcends the limited focus on political proposals in previous linguistic/discursive studies of citizenship and provides inspiring insights on the dynamics between language and citizenship. It makes valuable reading for researchers and specialists in a number of related fields, including language politics, critical discourse analysis, multimodal analysis and media studies.

- Shang Wu and Wen Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, in Journal of Language and Politics 18:6 (2019),