Narratives of place, belonging and language: An intercultural perspective
Narratives of place, belonging and language, is a study of the experiences of individuals who have commend ably overcome the language barriers between two or more languages. The individuals are famous contemporary writers peculiar for finding themselves in a position of vagueness between two c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal |
| Online Access: | http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/calj/article/view/5138 |
| Summary: | Narratives of place, belonging and language,
is a study of the experiences of individuals who have
commend ably overcome the language barriers
between two or more languages. The individuals are
famous contemporary writers peculiar for finding
themselves in a position of vagueness between
two cultures at different points in their lives. This
unabridged sense of isolation which can best defined
as neither the identification with the host culture nor
the native culture is precisely what the author refers
to as being “in-between” cultures. This notion of
language and cultural in-betweenness is what the
author constantly recaptures throughout the volume,
exposing several cases in which in-betweenness has
served as a source of encouragement in order to
generate ingenious forms of expression. |
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| ISSN: | 0123-4641 2248-7085 |