Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia: Language, Culture, Identity
Finex Ndhlovu
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Description for Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia: Language, Culture, Identity
Hardcover. Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia uses new data on the identity formation process of migrant communities to rethink the vocabularies we use to look at language, culture and identity. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; CFB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia extends debates on identities, cultures and notions of race and racism into new directions as it analyses the forms of interactional identities of African migrants in Australia. It de-naturalises the commonplace assumptions and imaginations about the cultures and identities of African diaspora communities, and probes the relevance and usefulness of identity markers such as country of origin, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic/heritage language and mother tongue. Current cultural frames of identity representation have so far failed to capture the complexities of everyday lived experiences of transnational individuals and groups. Therefore by drawing on fresh concepts and ... Read more
Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia extends debates on identities, cultures and notions of race and racism into new directions as it analyses the forms of interactional identities of African migrants in Australia. It de-naturalises the commonplace assumptions and imaginations about the cultures and identities of African diaspora communities, and probes the relevance and usefulness of identity markers such as country of origin, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic/heritage language and mother tongue. Current cultural frames of identity representation have so far failed to capture the complexities of everyday lived experiences of transnational individuals and groups. Therefore by drawing on fresh concepts and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137414311
SKU
V9781137414311
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Finex Ndhlovu
Finex Ndhlovu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of New England, Australia. Finex has held teaching and research positions at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, Victoria University in Melbourne and Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. His major publications include The Politics of Language and Nation Building in Zimbabwe and Nationalism Matters: The African ... Read more
Reviews for Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia: Language, Culture, Identity
'Theoretically, Ndhlovu's argument broadens how we conceptualize diversity, and moreover, it deepens theories of migration and diaspora studies.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies