Vernacular Palaver

Imaginations of the Local and Non-Native Languages in West Africa

AvMoradewun Adejunmobi

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

Vernacular Palaver examines the continuing appeal of the idea of ‘the local’ for cultural brokers in West Africa, even in instances where they have a growing interaction with diverse global and continental languages of wider communication. It highlights the contribution of foreign and indigenous languages of wider communication to the formation of the new alliances and sodalities that are testing the relevance of locality, and reshaping the concept of local culture, in West Africa. The author traces the role of discourse about language in West African identity politics from the cultural nationalists of the early 20th century to the religious transnationals of the contemporary period. Using examples from video film, popular literature, the activity of religious associations, and educational practice, this book seeks to advance our understanding of the varied functions of non-native languages in multilingual societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-10-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:305 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781853597725

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Moradewun Adejunmobiis an Associate Professor in the African American and African Studies Program of the University of California, Davis, USA. She has also taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Botswana. Her current research interests are in questions of language and identity in African literature and popular culture. She has also worked on Malagasy literature in French and is the author of JJ Rabearivelo, Literature and Lingua Franca in Colonial Madagascar.

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"Vernacular Palaver is a convincingly argued and innovative assessment of the use of languages in different educational and popular cultural settings in Africa. The work sparkles with ideas and is rigorously, unflinchingly critical in its analysis of both context and the current literatures in the field. It is a mature piece of work, and full of critical insight. Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow"

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionAcknowledgements 1 Colonial Encounters and Discourses of the Vernacular2 African Literature, European Languages, and Imaginations of the Local3 Foreign Languages, Local Audiences: The Case of Nigerian Video Film in English4 Romance Without Borders: Narrating Love, Femininity, and the Local in Contemporary Ivory Coast5 Languages of Wider Communication and Alternative Sites of BelongingConclusionBibliographyIndex