Chapter 6
Postcolonial hybrid structures and social interaction
Article outline
- 6.1Language identities and linguistic in-groups
- 6.1.1Linguistic identities on ex-colonial languages
- 6.1.2Linguistic identities on ethnic languages
- 6.1.3Multilingualism and code-switching
- 6.1.4Linguistic victimisation and identity opportunism
- 6.2Ethnic or tribal in-group relationships
- 6.2.1Ethnicity as identity marker
- 6.2.2Ethnicity as a target for stereotyping
- 6.3Religious belonging
- 6.3.1Religion as a (moral) code of conduct
- 6.3.2Religion as a target of stigmatisation
- 6.3.3Religion as source of protection and healing
- 6.3.4Religion as an egalitarian social institution
- 6.4Social roles and collectivist expectations
- 6.4.1Kinship role expectations
- 6.4.2Age role expectations
- 6.4.3Occupational and professional role expectations
- 6.4.4Gender role expectations
- 6.5Summary: Hybrid, hybridising postcolonial systems
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