Language, Race and the Global Jamaican (1st ed. 2020)

By: Hubert Devonish and Karen Carpenter

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Synopsis: This book examines the racial and socio-linguistic dynamics of Jamaica, a majority black nation where the dominant ideology continues to look to white countries as models, yet which continues to defy the odds. The authors trace the history of how a nation of less than three million people has come to be at the centre of cultural, racial and linguistic influence globally; producing a culture than has transformed the way that the world listens to music, and a dialect that has formed the lingua franca for a generation of young people. The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Caribbean linguistics, Africana studies, diaspora studies, sociology of language and sociolinguistics more broadly.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030457488
Related ISBNs:: 9783030457471
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 07/01/20
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Business and Finance, Psychology, Language Arts, Sociology
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.