Botha Language Learning, Power, Race and Identity

White Men, Black Language
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78309-387-8
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4

Reihe: Encounters

This book investigates the strategies and identities of colonials who have learned the languages of colonised people, using the context of isiXhosa in South Africa. While power in language learning research has traditionally focused on the powerful native speaker and the relatively disempowered learner, this book studies the inverse, where elites are the language learners. The author analyses the life histories of four white South Africans who acquired isiXhosa during the apartheid years. The book offers insights into relationships between language, power, race, identity and change in their stories and in the broader context of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, with its conflicted history and disparities. This book should appeal to researchers interested in studies of language acquisition, narrative and identity, as well as those more broadly interested in South African history, multilingualism and race studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Botha, Liz Johanson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Eastern Cape, Then and Now

Chapter 2: Life History, Identity and Language Acquisition

Chapter 3: Childhood: Intimacy and Separation

Chapter 4: Rites of Passage: Paths Diverge

Chapter 5: Adult Life and Work: Language and Power

Chapter 6: Identity across Spaces: White Discourse and Hybrid Space

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Botha, Liz Johanson
Liz Johanson Botha has taught languages since 1968 and held a faculty post at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa from 1998 to 2012. Liz now works as a Research Associate to the Faculty of Education at Rhodes University, South Africa. Her interests include language learning, identity and teacher education.

Liz Johanson Botha has taught languages since 1968 and held a faculty post at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa from 1998 to 2012. More recently, she has worked as a Research Associate to the Faculty of Education at Rhodes University, South Africa. Her interests include language learning, identity and teacher education.