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Publication details [#26740]

Blommaert, Jan. 2003. Orthopraxy, writing and identity: Shaping lives through borrowed genres in Congo. Pragmatics 13 (1) : 33–48.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | self-presentation | subjectivity | text generation system | writing

Language as a subject

French | Swahili

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This paper demonstrates how historical narratives from Congo offer the possibility of constructing history both as acts of identity and text-construction.