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Language and identity in modern Egypt / Reem Bassiouney.
LIBRA P40.45.E3 B38 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bassiouney, Reem, 1973- author.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociolinguistics--Egypt.
- Sociolinguistics.
- National characteristics, Egyptian.
- Group identity--Egypt.
- Group identity.
- Arabic language--Egypt.
- Arabic language.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English; with Arabic texts with English translation.
- Summary:
- Examines language and identity in modern Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to illuminate the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? These questions are explored in this book, using a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as furthering our understanding of the relationship between identity and language in general, Language and Identity in Modern Egypt also yields insights about the intricate ways in which media and public discourse help shape and outline identity through linguistic processes. Key Features, Offers an in-depth study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse, Focuses on nationalist discourse before, during and after the Egyptian revolution of 2011, Based on a broad and representative selection of data, Helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Identity and beyond: setting the framework of analysis 34
- 2 A historical overview of the development of national identity in modern Egypt with reference to language: the formative period 78
- 3 "Arabic" indexes amidst a nation and a nation-state: ideologies, attitudes, and linguistic realities 105
- 4 Social attributes of Egyptian identity 149
- 5 Identity and narration in Egypt 239
- 6 The politics of identity and linguistic unrest: the case of the Egyptian Revolution 294
- 7 Conclusions 341.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-391) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0748689648
- 9780748689644
- OCLC:
- 851254649
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