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Title: | The Role of Discourse in Identity Formation and the Manufacture of Ethnic Minorities in Zimbabwe | Contributor(s): | Ndhlovu, Finex (author) | Publication Date: | 2007 | DOI: | 10.2167/md073.0 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13069 | Abstract: | The notion of ethnic minorities is a highly contested subject that cannot be fully explained in terms of demographic facts alone as it is indexically linked to struggles over sociopolitical power, cultural domination and control. Ethnic minorities have to be conceptualised as fluid and transitory phenomena mediated and reconstituted by various forms of discursive practices. Drawing on primary and secondary data collected in Zimbabwe, this paper problematises the role of discourse in the manufacture of ethnic minorities for purposes of social exclusion and other related forms of discrimination. Chief among the discourses of constructing ethnic minorities considered in this paper are the following: discursive practices underwriting the hegemony of dominating ethnic groups; the use of languages as prime markers of ethnic and national identity; as well as the appropriation and abuse of terminology such as 'minority' and 'majority' in pursuit of exclusionary political agendas. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2(2), p. 131-147 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1747-6615 1744-7143 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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