Description |
1 online resource (xi, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Reconsiderations in southern African history |
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Reconsiderations in southern African history.
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Contents |
Introduction -- "What does stick to people - more than their language - is their Isibongo" : language and belonging in South Africa's deeper past -- "Surrounded on all sides by people that differ from them in every point, in color . . . and in language" : the birth of the "Caffre" language paradigm -- "All speak the Caffre language" : missionaries, migrants, and defining the target language for Bible translation -- "Their language had an affinity with that of both of these nations" : African interpreters, métissage, and the dynamics of linguistic knowledge production -- "The natives. In what respects, if any, do they differ from the southern Caffres?" : American missionaries and the Zulu question -- "To speak properly and correctly, viz. Uku-Kuluma-Nje" : Americans, Africans, and Zulu as a superior language -- "Many people . . . explain this identity primarily in terms of the language they speak" : the language-based Zulu-Xhosa divide in South African consciousness -- Epilogue |
Summary |
"This book argues that foreign missionaries and their African interlocutors deliberately forged separate Zulu and Xhosa languages in the nineteenth century, tracing the consequences of this imposed linguistic division through the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2022) |
Subject |
Language and culture -- South Africa -- History
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Zulu language -- History
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Zulu (African people) -- Ethnic identity
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Xhosa language -- History
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Xhosa (African people) -- Ethnic identity
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Missionaries -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century
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Ethnic relations
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Language and culture
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Missionaries
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Xhosa language
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Zulu (African people) -- Ethnic identity
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Zulu language
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SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Ethnic relations -- History
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Subject |
South Africa
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021041554 |
ISBN |
0813947367 |
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9780813947365 |
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