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104155
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2011.
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In Algeria as in many other cases, experiences of exile and diaspora played a major role in the creation of nationalist politics in the 20th century; exile has also been a recurring literary figure in expressions of Algerian cultural politics since independence. This article examines a range of literary sources to consider the politics of language and culture in Algeria since the 1940s. It shows how identification with Arabism has enabled Algerians to articulate claims to community, solidarity, and sovereignty, first in a conception of national "salvation" against the colonial state and then as both a state-sponsored project of political legitimacy and an indication of the limits of that project. A sense of these limits can be gained by a brief consideration of the complexity of the country's sociolinguistic landscape and the often unorthodox creativity of its literary self-expression since independence.
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039979
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London, University of Illinois Press, 1973.
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ix, 212p.hbk
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0252002024
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 012818 | 956.015/DAW 012818 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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190978
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The history of Jordan is an epistemological construction of the colonial past with Biblical archaeology at its core. At the same time, vernacular heritage is addressed by many foreign scholars as decaying, disappearing and accidental. This article takes issue with the foreign Biblical formation of the past and introduces local heritage-making as part of a decolonising construction. We debate the historical continuity of Biblical epistemology whilst proclaiming vernacular heritage as an accidental reality that is irrelevant to the ancient past. Local communities are introduced as active knowledge agents whose understanding of, and approach to, vernacular heritage can shift the epistemological debate on Jordan’s history and its relevance to the present and the future. This argument is anchored in case studies of the Biblical archaeology of Hisban and the local village of Gharisa, to investigate how each one functions in the absence/presence of the other. The comparison shows that while the Biblical epistemology applied in the case of Hisban precipitated a version of Jordan's history based on a spatio-political pattern of tribalism, local knowledge advanced a logic of modern history that included vernacular heritage as a link between the ancient past and the uncertain present and future in Jordan, and using Arabism, as opposed to tribalism, as a unifying framework.
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118349
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2012.
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Upon decolonisation, nationalist leaders in two North African countries, Algeria and Sudan, promoted a policy called Arabisation (ta'rib), which sought to impose standard literary Arabic at the expense of English (in Sudan), French (in Algeria), and other local languages (in both places). This language policy reflected the worldview of Muslim leaders, who hoped to break from the colonial past and start afresh while forging alliances with Arab Islamic states. Arabisation succeeded in expanding the use of literary Arabic in Sudanese and Algerian government bureaus as well as in schools and universities. However, in some circles it helped to stimulate oppositional identities that rejected pan-Arabism as a focal point for national pride and that challenged the cultural foundations of national cohesion. Taking a comparative approach, this study argues that Arabic language policy in Algeria and Sudan featured strongly in postcolonial nationalism and civil conflict. It concludes by considering the status of language cultures and policies today in Algeria, the Republic of the Sudan, and the newly independent Republic of South Sudan, and contends that state-led efforts at 'language rationalisation' have not eliminated multilingualism in practice.
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050053
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London, I.B.Tauris, 2004.
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xv, 382p.
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1860640516
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| 047461 | 320.54095692 /EL 047461 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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038738
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London, Martin Secker and Warburg Limited, 1973.
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xvi, 399p.Hbk
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436240521
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| 012828 | 923.262/LAC 012828 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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044258
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London, Frank Cass, 1973.
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xiii, 255p.hbk
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0714629855
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| 012744 | 962.904/WAI 012744 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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119684
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108523
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