African Diaspora Vernacular Traditions and the Dilemma of Identity

Autor:	Joseph McLaren
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Dilemma Pidgin History Literature and Literary Theory Anthropology Creole language Identity (social science) Vernacular Africanization Context (language use) Diaspora
Zdroj:	Research in African Literatures. 40:97-111
ISSN:	1527-2044 0034-5210
DOI:	10.2979/ral.2009.40.1.97
Popis:	The literature of Africa and the African Diaspora often employs vernacular elements derived from the Africanization of European languages. These linguistic variations, commonly considered languages in their own right, are identified as creole, patois, pidgin, and, in the United States, Ebonics or Black English. In the anglophone context, Africanized English has been a highly regarded literary element found in the works of celebrated creative writers. Vernacular is an authenticating element in literature of the Diaspora, yet there is a clear discrepancy between its negation on a social-political level and its valorization by literary artists and linguists. The move to erase Africanized linguistic elements in the social sphere suggests an underlying dilemma of identity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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