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The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde

Autor Marcia Rego
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2015
The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde: Slavery, Language, and Ideology is an ethnographic study of language use and ideology in Cape Verde, from its early settlement as a center for slave trade, to the postcolonial present. The study is methodologically rich and innovative in that it weaves together historical, linguistic, and ethnographic data from different eras with sketches of contemporary life--a homicide trial, a scholarly meeting, a competition for a new national flag, a heterodox Catholic mass, an analysis of love letters, a priest's sermon, and a death in the neighborhood. In all these different contexts, M rcia Rego focuses on the role of Kriolu (the Cape Verdean Creole) and its relation to Portuguese--that is, on the way people live through speaking. The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde shows how, through the dialogic give-and-take of the two languages, Cape Verdeans wrestle with deep-seated colonial hierarchies, invent and rehearse new traditions, and articulate their identity as a sovereign, creole nation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780739193778
ISBN-10: 0739193775
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 10 black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 155 x 226 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Márcia Rego is an assistant professor of the practice and director for faculty development and assessment at Duke University.

Cuprins

List of Figures Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms Introduction Chapter1 Kriolu Origins Chapter 2 Speaking of Kriolu Chapter 3 Postcolonial Kriolu Nation Chapter 4 Mingling Tongues and the Breaching of Hierarchy Chapter 5 Speaking of Self and Family Chapter 6 The Language of Death Chapter 7 Rewording Resistance Chapter 8 Spreading the Word Final Remarks Appendix: The ALUPEC Alphabet Bibliography Index About the Author

Descriere

Dialogic Nation is a study of language use and ideology in Cape Verde. It weaves together historical, linguistic, and ethnographic research on the Cape Verdean Kriolu and its relation to Portuguese, showing how the legacies of slavery structure contemporary language practices, which in turn inform the imagining of a sovereign, creole nation.