Rachael Gilmour

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Grammars of Colonialism (eBook, PDF)

Representing Languages in Colonial South Africa

Beschreibung

The study of languages was crucial to colonial power in 18th and 19th-century South Africa. This important book examines representations of the South African Bantu languages Xhosa and Zulu, revealing the ways in which colonial linguistics contributed to both the making of the colonial order and to instabilities at the heart of the project.

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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

RACHAEL GILMOUR is Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 231
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230286856
• Artikelnr.: 45963768

Rezensionen

'G[ilmour] has a good command of the source material; her style is lucid and readable; and she deftly weaves linguistic and sociopolitical threads together, from the critical perspective of postcolonial studies.' - Paul T. Roberge, Historiographia Linguistica

'Gilmour knows how languages work and she has provided an excellent foundation for the study of their history.' - Patrick Harries, Journal of Southern African Studies