The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative
The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Race and Language Around the World
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Multilingual Matters
Publishing:13th Jan '26
£19.95
This title is due to be published on 13th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£99.95(9781800419407)

Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought around the world.
Discusses the many ways that racism and hierarchies of language hinder honesty and harm society.
In this bold attempt to challenge readers’ assumptions about racial prejudice, JPB Gerald explores how racism and hierarchies of language hinder effective education and harm societies around the world. Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought across the globe.
The chapters address how racism and harmful linguistic ideologies are perceived, and how these perceptions are influenced and exacerbated by popular culture, which often obscures the reality of intersecting axes of oppression. The book concludes by drawing together the common threads and exploring how readers can challenge and change the narrative.
This book resists the notion that racism is 'just' an issue in the Southern United States. In his witty and engaging voice, JPB navigates how whiteness operates in invisible ways in areas of the world thought of as nice, progressive, or 'not racist'. This is a must-read for teacher-scholars in language studies and beyond. * Yasmine Romero, University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu, USA *
ISBN: 9781800419391
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160 pages