Language, Vernacular Discourse and Nationalisms

Description

This book examines the linguistic and discursive elements of social and economic policies and national political leader statements to read new meanings into debates on border protection, national sovereignty, immigration, economic indigenisation, land reform and black economic empowerment. It adds a fresh angle to the debate on nationalisms and transnationalism by pushing forward a more applied agenda to establish a clear and empirically-based illustration of the contradictions in current policy frameworks around the world and the debates they invite. The author’s novel vernacular discourse approach contributes new points of method and interpretation that will advance scholarly conversations on nationalisms, transnationalism and other forms of identity imaginings in a transient world. Contents Part I Setting the Scene 1 Introduction—Teories, Concepts, Debates 3 2 Emergent Political Languages, Nation Building, Social Cohesion 41 Part II Language, Vernacular Discourse, Narrow Nationalisms 3 Language Policy, Vernacular Discourse, Empire Building 65 4 Language, Mobility, People 105 Part III Citizenship, Indigeneity, Economic Empowerment 5 Chimurengas, Indigenisation, Black Economic Empowerment 135 xviii Contents 6 Alternative Language of Development and Economic Empowerment 207 Part IV Migration, Borders, Exclusion 7 Migration, Integration Discourse, Exclusion 243 8 Australia’s Operation Sovereign Borders—A World Without Others? 291 Part V Conclusion 9 Conclusion—Transnationalism or Resurgent Narrow Nationalisms? 339 Bibiliography 351 Index 377