Language and identity in modern Egypt / [electronic resource]
Bassiouney, Reem,1973-author.
How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to express the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as deepending their understanding of the relationship between identity and language in general, readers will gain insights about the intricate ways in which media and public discourse help shape and outline identity through linguistic processes.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Expanded contents list; Maps, figures, and tables; Abbreviations; Transcription, glosses, and transliterations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language and identity in modern Egypt; Chapter 1  Identity and beyond: setting the framework of analysis; Chapter 2  A historical overview of the development of national identity in modern Egypt with refere; Chapter 3 "Arabic" indexes amidst a nation and a nation-state: ideologies, attitudes, and linguistic; Chapter 4  Social attributes of Egyptian identity; Chapter 5  Identity and narration in Egypt
Chapter 6  The politics of identity and linguistic unrest: the case of the Egyptian RevolutionChapter 7  Conclusions; Appendix: chronological list of songs examined; Bibliography; index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to express the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as deepending their understanding of the relationship between identity and language in general, readers will gain insights about the intricate ways in which media and public discourse help shape and outline identity through linguistic processes.
Sociolinguistics
National characteristics, Egyptian.
Group identity
Arabic language