Language and Identity in Modern Egypt

Reem Bassiouney

How is language used in Egyptian public discourse to express the collective identity of Egyptians? How does this identity relate to language form and content? Reem Bassiouney explores these questions by drawing on a broad selection of data, including newspaper articles, caricatures, blogs, patriotic songs, films, school textbooks, TV talk-shows, poetry and novels. As well as deepending their understanding of the relationship between identity and language in general, readers will gain insights about the intricate ways in which media and public discourse help shape and outline identity through linguistic processes.

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Language and Identity in Modern Egypt

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

Expanded contents list
pp iv-viii

List of maps, figures, and tables
pp ix-ix

List of abbreviations
pp x-xi

Transcription, glosses, and transliterations
pp xii-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvi

Introduction: language and identity in modern Egypt
pp 1-33

1 - Identity and beyond: setting the framework of analysis
pp 34-77

2 - A historical overview of the development of national identity in modern Egypt with reference to language: the formative period
pp 78-104

3 - “Arabic” indexes amidst a nation and a nation-state: ideologies, attitudes, and linguistic realities
pp 105-148

4 - Social attributes of Egyptian identity
pp 149-238

5 - Identity and narration in Egypt
pp 239-293

6 - The politics of identity and linguistic unrest: the case of the Egyptian Revolution
pp 294-340

7 - Conclusions
pp 341-362

Appendix: chronological list of songs examined
pp 363-365

Bibliography
pp 366-391

Index
pp 392-400

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