Language, vernacular discourse and nationalisms : uncovering the myths of transnational worlds / Finex Ndhlovu.
Ndhlovu, Finex, 1970- author.
2018
P35.5.S58
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Title Language, vernacular discourse and nationalisms : uncovering the myths of transnational worlds / Finex Ndhlovu.
Author Ndhlovu, Finex, 1970- author.
ISBN 9783319761350 (electronic book)
3319761358 (electronic book)
9783319761343
331976134X
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number P35.5.S58
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.442
Summary 'This pathbreaking study shows that anti-(African) immigrant rhetoric is part of a widespread ethno-centric political vernacular and demonstrates how these negative ethnic stereotypes have arisen from severe economic inequalities and the uneven development. This is a deeply grounded analysis of local-level ethno-centrism which places the issue firmly in the context of the local and global political economy. It deserves a wide readership.' --Don Robotham, City University of New York, USA 'This is a must read not only for scholars in the emerging field of the sociolinguistics of (de)coloniality and globalisation, but also those interested in language and the political and ideological formations in the construction of nation-states in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia.' --Felix Banda, University of the Western Cape, South Africa 'Professor Finex Ndhlovu's is an important voice in the field of language studies. His trade mark being the careful but consistent contextualization of knotty language questions within the broader terrain of equally complex identitarian politics, while at the same time bringing into creative dialogue African and non-African empirical case studies to demonstrate the global implications and resonance of his research findings.' --Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of South Africa This book examines the linguistic and discursive elements of social and economic policies and national political leader statements to read new meanings into debates on border protection, national sovereignty, immigration, economic indigenisation, land reform and black economic empowerment. It adds a fresh angle to the debate on nationalisms and transnationalism by pushing forward a more applied agenda to establish a clear and empirically-based illustration of the contradictions in current policy frameworks around the world and the debates they invite. The author's novel vernacular discourse approach contributes new points of method and interpretation that will advance scholarly conversations on nationalisms, transnationalism and other forms of identity imaginings in a transient world. Finex Ndhlovu is Associate Professor of Language in Society at the University of New England, Australia, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA, and Visiting Research Professor at the University of South Africa.-- Provided by publisher.
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Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Tables; Part I Setting the Scene; 1 Introduction-Theories, Concepts, Debates; Previous Theorisations; Post Nationalisation; Globalisation; Denationalisation; Deterritorialisation; Transnationalisation; This Book; Organisation; References; 2 Emergent Political Languages, Nation Building, Social Cohesion; Introduction; Contextualising the Debate: The Problem of Inequality in South Africa; Vernacular Discourses and Formation of Emergent Identities; Emergent Political Languages as Vernacular Discourse; Conclusion.

Language Policy, Citizenship and Identity PoliticsLanguage Policy-Shorthand for Empire Building; Conclusion; References; 4 Language, Mobility, People; Introduction; Historical Perspectives on Diasporas and Immigrants; The Multilingualism/Monolingualism Debate: Limitations and Blind Spots; Alternative Imaginings of Language, Immigrants and Diasporas; Conclusion; References; Part III Citizenship, Indigeneity, Economic Empowerment; 5 Chimurengas, Indigenisation, Black Economic Empowerment; Introduction; Third Chimurenga-Moral and Social Justice Imperatives; The Policy Ideals.

Indigenisation and Economic EmpowermentThird Chimurenga-Rhetoric and Practice; Word Approval; Word Disapproval; Repetition and Euphemism; Popular Appeal; Some Passing Remarks on South Africa; Land Reform in South Africa; Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment; Conclusion; References; 6 Alternative Language of Development and Economic Empowerment; Introduction; Translative Adaptation-Lessons from Japan; Critique of Northern Development Discourse; The Promises of Southern Development Discourse; Language/Culture and Development/Creativity Matrix; Conclusion; References.

Part IV Migration, Borders, Exclusion7 Migration, Integration Discourse, Exclusion; Introduction; 'White Australia' Policy as the Doctrine of Outright Exclusion: 1901-1957; Reasons for the 'White Australia' Policy; Conspiracy of Silence: Language Testing as Technology of Exclusion; The Dictation Test; Reasons for Abolition of the Dictation Test; The Australian Assessment of Communicative English Skills (ACCESS) Test; The Special Test of English Proficiency (STEP); The Australian History and Values Test; 2017 Amendment to the Australian History and Values Test; Conclusion; References.

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