Language, identity, modernity: the Arabic study circle of Durban

Authors
  • S. Jeppie
Publication date 2007
ISBN
  • 9780796921758
Number of pages 136
Publisher Cape Town: HSRC Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract A fusion of linguistic, religious and ethnic groups with rich, diverse roots and intersecting histories make up South Africa. However, the literature on most of the smaller groups tends to be thin and uneven and often tends to relegate them to the margins of the country’s major narratives. This innovative study introduces readers to a fascinating world of linguistic, religious and cultural politics in the South African port city of Durban from around 1950, the world of the Arabic Study Circle.
Document type Book
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