Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen / / Sabrina Billings.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Encounters
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Language Ideologies, Linguistic Registers and the Sociolinguistic Landscape of Swahili and English in Tanzania
- 3. ‘From the Geneva of Africa’: Beauty Pageants, National Culture and Tanzanian Femininity
- 4. ‘I Am Very Good at Expressing Myself, Especially in English’: The Packaging of Privilege in the Making of Tanzanian Beauty Queens
- 5. ‘Education is the Key of Life’: Contestants as Schoolgirls in Pursuit of an Escape
- 6. ‘Which is Your Favourite Color?’ Race and Ethnicity in a Color- Blind Tanzania
- 7. Kutafuta Maisha: ‘Looking for a Life’ from the Edge of the Globe
- Appendix
- References
- Index