Creole Cultures, Vol. 2: Creole Identity and Language Representations
Editat de Morgan Dalphinis, Duane Edwards, Michael M. Kretzer, Violet Cuffyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2024
The concept of Creolity as approached through the different lenses of postcolonial studies, history, and anthropology is used here to consider the social constructions of creole identities, their political and economic realities and how they are experienced as changing, particularly in the modern context. Themes explored are creole societies, folklore and orature, cultural hegemony, cultural sociology, hybridity, and national cultural Identity.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783031552366
ISBN-10: 3031552369
Ilustrații: XXX, 250 p. 16 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3031552369
Ilustrații: XXX, 250 p. 16 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Part I Creolisation Complexities.- 1 Civil Society and Creole Society: Caribbean Socio-cultural Division and Its Development Implications.- 2 The Kalinago: African Cultural Exchange in Dominica’s Kwéyòl Language and Material Culture.- 3 Derek Walcott a Saint Lucian Poet: Between the Country and the Town.- 4 Intangible Cultural Heritage as Development of an Indian Ocean Island Afrodescent Community.- Part II Kwéyòl Language Representation.- 5 Saint Lucia: A Tale of Two Cultures—Torn Between the Rose & the Marguerite.- 6 Local Languages with Global Impact: Resistance and Persistence of Caribbean Creoles.- 7 Safeguarding the Seychellois Creole (Lalang Seselwa), Culture and Heritage.- 8 History, Language Policy and Costs in St Lucia.- Part III Curriculum Developments: The Case Study of Dominica.- 9 Language Education Policy in Dominica: Challenges and Perspectives for Local Languages.- 10 Issues and Challenges of the Preservation of an Intangible Cultural Heritage in a Small Island State of the Caribbean: Institutionalizing the Creole Language in Dominica.- 11 A Glimpse of the Dominica French Creole in the Primary School.
Notă biografică
Morgan Dalphinis holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, UK, on African Language Influences in Creoles Lexically Based on Portuguese, English and French, a BA hons in Linguistics and an African Language (Hausa), and a MBA and PGCE (English as a Second Language and French). His publications include Caribbean and African Languages and History and Language in St Lucia 1654-1915.
Duane Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guyana. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and has lectured in its Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. He also holds a B. Soc. Sc. in Sociology from the University of Guyana. His research interests include ethnic dynamics in ethnically plural societies, social inequalities, migration, and Caribbean philosophical and political thought.
Michael M. Kretzer isan Andrew W Mellon Fellow at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, environmental education, Linguistic Landscapes (LL) and health crisis communication. He has published several book chapters and articles, including for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, the International Journal on Multilingualism, European Journal of Language Policy and the South African Geographical Journal. He is the chief editor of the Handbooks of Language Policies in Africa (HLPA) book series (2022).
Violet Cuffy was a much loved and respected Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management, PhD, MSc, AICB, BEd and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She sadly died in December 2021.
Duane Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guyana. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and has lectured in its Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. He also holds a B. Soc. Sc. in Sociology from the University of Guyana. His research interests include ethnic dynamics in ethnically plural societies, social inequalities, migration, and Caribbean philosophical and political thought.
Michael M. Kretzer isan Andrew W Mellon Fellow at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, environmental education, Linguistic Landscapes (LL) and health crisis communication. He has published several book chapters and articles, including for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, the International Journal on Multilingualism, European Journal of Language Policy and the South African Geographical Journal. He is the chief editor of the Handbooks of Language Policies in Africa (HLPA) book series (2022).
Violet Cuffy was a much loved and respected Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management, PhD, MSc, AICB, BEd and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She sadly died in December 2021.
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This edited book considers the significance of creole cultures within current, changing global contexts located within post-colonial and developing states. It also examines safeguarding the languages and cultural practices that sustain creole identities.
The concept of Creolity as approached through the different lenses of postcolonial studies, history, and anthropology is used here to consider the social constructions of creole identities, their political and economic realities and how they are experienced as changing, particularly in the modern context. Themes explored are creole societies, folklore and orature, cultural hegemony, cultural sociology, hybridity, and national cultural Identity.
Morgan Dalphinis holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, UK, on African Language Influences in Creoles Lexically Based on Portuguese, English and French, a BA hons in Linguistics and an African Language (Hausa), and a MBA and PGCE (English as a Second Language and French). His publications include Caribbean and African Languages and History and Language in St Lucia 1654-1915.
Duane Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guyana. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and has lectured in its Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. He also holds a B. Soc. Sc. in Sociology from the University of Guyana. His research interests include ethnic dynamics in ethnically plural societies, social inequalities, migration, and Caribbean philosophical and political thought.
Michael M. Kretzer is an Andrew W Mellon Fellow at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, environmental education, Linguistic Landscapes (LL) and health crisis communication. He has published several book chapters and articles, including for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, the International Journal on Multilingualism, European Journal of Language Policy and the South African Geographical Journal. He is the chief editor of the Handbooks of Language Policies in Africa (HLPA) book series (2022).
Violet Cuffy was a much loved and respected Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management, PhD, MSc, AICB, BEd and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She sadly died in December 2021.
Morgan Dalphinis holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, UK, on African Language Influences in Creoles Lexically Based on Portuguese, English and French, a BA hons in Linguistics and an African Language (Hausa), and a MBA and PGCE (English as a Second Language and French). His publications include Caribbean and African Languages and History and Language in St Lucia 1654-1915.
Duane Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guyana. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and has lectured in its Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. He also holds a B. Soc. Sc. in Sociology from the University of Guyana. His research interests include ethnic dynamics in ethnically plural societies, social inequalities, migration, and Caribbean philosophical and political thought.
Michael M. Kretzer is an Andrew W Mellon Fellow at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, environmental education, Linguistic Landscapes (LL) and health crisis communication. He has published several book chapters and articles, including for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, the International Journal on Multilingualism, European Journal of Language Policy and the South African Geographical Journal. He is the chief editor of the Handbooks of Language Policies in Africa (HLPA) book series (2022).
Violet Cuffy was a much loved and respected Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management, PhD, MSc, AICB, BEd and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She sadly died in December 2021.
Caracteristici
Promotes an international scope for Creoles from the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean with a focus on creole heritage Reviews divide between civil and creole society, thus questioning the cultural hegemony of civil society Clarifies teaching and learning and language policies for Creoles in multiethnic and multilingual societies