Languages at War: External Language Spread Policies in Lusophone Africa: Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau at the Turn of the 21 St Century

ISBN-13: 9783631644362 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 355 str.

Carla Figueira

Opis

This study explores the argument that postcolonial Africa has been the setting for competing external language spread policies (LSPs) by ex-colonial European countries at the turn of the 21st Century. It focuses on the external LSPs developed by the governments of Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom, France and Germany towards Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau from the 1990s to the present. The study offers a perspective on the web of relationships involving European ex-colonial powers and the African postcolonial countries of Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The author seeks to examine the development of external (European) LSPs and the construction of politico-linguistic blocs in a complex context whilst taking into account the colonial heritage and its lingering dependencies, the construction and maintenance of nationhood and the increasing globalisation of the world.

Spis treści

Contents: Language and Power - External Language Spread Policies - Cultural Diplomacy - Foreign Cultural Policy - International Cultural Relations - Political Blocs based on Language and Culture - Lusophone Africa - Mozambique - Guinea-Bissau - Portugal - UK - British Council - Germany - France - Brazil.

O autorze

Carla Figueira is an International Relations graduate of the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal). She holds a Masters and a PhD degree in Cultural Policy and Management from the City University London and currently works at Goldsmiths, University of London.