Between race and class
In this essay, I investigate (socio)linguistic scholarship on African continuities in Brazilian Portuguese to analyze the semiotic ideologies that inform academic literature on this topic. I argue that there are two main schools of thought within this field: the one that sees race as a prominent ana...
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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos
2019-12-01
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| author | Marcus Vinicius Avelar |
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| description | In this essay, I investigate (socio)linguistic scholarship on African continuities in Brazilian Portuguese to analyze the semiotic ideologies that inform academic literature on this topic. I argue that there are two main schools of thought within this field: the one that sees race as a prominent analytical category, and the one that favors social class over race. I claim that there are three commonalities to different frameworks analyzed here: (1) racialized speech is often equated with Africannes; (2) Africanness is commonly treated as an index of pre-modern times; and (3) Africanness is perceived as foreign to the modern present. In addition, I also suggest that authors who privilege social class over race – as an analytical tool – might be aligned with the ideology of racial democracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eebf3dfd1b5c403897c8e5a484542a3e2023-02-02T11:13:23ZengPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Estudos LinguísticosDomínios de Lingu@gem1980-57992019-12-011341330135810.14393/DL40-v13n4a2019-246553Between race and classMarcus Vinicius AvelarIn this essay, I investigate (socio)linguistic scholarship on African continuities in Brazilian Portuguese to analyze the semiotic ideologies that inform academic literature on this topic. I argue that there are two main schools of thought within this field: the one that sees race as a prominent analytical category, and the one that favors social class over race. I claim that there are three commonalities to different frameworks analyzed here: (1) racialized speech is often equated with Africannes; (2) Africanness is commonly treated as an index of pre-modern times; and (3) Africanness is perceived as foreign to the modern present. In addition, I also suggest that authors who privilege social class over race – as an analytical tool – might be aligned with the ideology of racial democracy.http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/dominiosdelinguagem/article/view/46553africanismsracesocial classsemiotic ideologieslanguage ideologies |
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| title | Between race and class |
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