Márcia Rego

The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde (eBook, ePUB)

Slavery, Language, and Ideology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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, Márcia 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739193785
• Artikelnr.: 42711394

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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