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Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R953

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Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen (Paperback, New): Sabrina Billings

Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen (Paperback, New)

Sabrina Billings

Series: Encounters

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Loot Price R953 Discovery Miles 9 530 | Repayment Terms: R89 pm x 12*

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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.

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Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Encounters
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Sabrina Billings
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-78309-074-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Pageants, parades, festivals Promotions
LSN:	1-78309-074-X
Barcode:	9781783090747