Colonial voices : a cultural history of English in Australia, 1840-1940
"Colonial Voices explores the role of language in the greater 'civilising' project of the British Empire through the dissemination, reception and challenge to British English in Australia during the period from the 1840s to the 1940s. This was a period in which the art of oratory, eloquence and elocution was of great importance in the empire and Joy Damousi offers an innovative study of the relationship between language and empire. She shows the ways in which this relationship moved from dependency to independency and how, during that transition, definitions of the meaning and place of oratory, eloquence and elocution shifted. Her findings reveal the central role of voice and pronunciation in informing and defining both individual and collective identity as well as wider cultural views of class, race, nation and gender. The result is a pioneering contribution to cultural history and the history of English within the British Empire."--Page 4 de la couverture
History
ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9781107673373, 9780521516310, 1107673372, 0521516315
1005135623
Colonial experience. Civilising speech ; Eloquence and voice culture ; Elocution theory and practice
Language education. Etiquette and everyday life ; Education ; Teachers and pupils
Social reform and oratory. Social reform and eloquence ; Speech in war, 1914-1918
Australian English. The colonies speak : speech and accent in the empire, 1920s and 1930s ; Broadcasting the raadio voice ; The advent of the 'talkies' and imagined communities
Publié à l'origine en 2010