Language and identity in modern Egypt /

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? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on sources including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bassiouney, Reem, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics > Egypt.
National characteristics, Egyptian.
Group identity > Egypt.
Arabic language > Egypt.
Sociolinguistique > Égypte.
Égyptiens.
Identité collective > Égypte.
Arabe (Langue) > Égypte.
Sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Arabic language
Group identity
National characteristics, Egyptian
Sociolinguistics
Erzähltechnik
Gruppenidentität
Nationalbewusstsein
Sprache
Egypt
Ägypten
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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