Senegal abroad : linguistic borders, racial formations, and diasporic imaginaries / Maya Angela Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Maya Angela, author.

Series:

Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senegalese--Foreign countries.

Senegalese.

Senegalese--Language.

Senegalese--Racial identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages).

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]

Summary:

This book captures the experiences of Senegalese in Paris, Rome, and New York as they make sense of who they are and how they fit into their local communities, into the countries where they live, and into the larger global Senegalese diaspora. Importantly, it is not only what the interviewees say that conveys certain understandings of self and environment. It is also how they speak--the particular ways in which they switch between languages and structure their discourse--that shapes their identities.

Contents:

Introduction: understanding global Senegalese identity formation through language and movement

What's language got to go with it? Language attitudes and identity formation

Speaking while black: the quest for legitimacy in exclusionary spaces

Neither here nor there: reflections on national and transnational belonging

Leveraging language: multilingualism and transnational identity formation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299320539

0299320537