Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen - Couverture souple

Billings, Sabrina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178309074X ISBN 13 : 9781783090747

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2013

Synopsis

Through micro-analysis of language use, this book chronicles young women's pathways to becoming a Tanzanian beauty queen, offering an original perspective on the intersection of language with globalization, nationalism, and inequality in urban East Africa. This compelling linguistic ethnography considers the real-life effects, both on- and off- stage, of language policy, education, and gender dynamics for the women competing in the pageants. While highlighting many contestants' struggles for escape from poverty and patriarchy, the book also emphasizes their creative strategies - linguistic and otherwise - for bettering their lives and shows how people living in a global economic periphery take part in, and sometimes feel left out of, the wider world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sabrina Billings is an Assistant Professor of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas, USA. Her research focuses on language, gender, education, globalization, and inequality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178309074X
• ISBN 13: 9781783090747
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible