{"product_id":"divided-by-the-word-jochen-s-arndt-9780813947358","title":"Divided by the Word: Colonial Encounters and the Remaking of Zulu and Xhosa Identities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDivided by the Word\u003c\/i\u003e refutes the assumption that the entrenched ethnic divide between South Africa's Zulus and Xhosas, a divide that turned deadly in the late 1980s, is elemental to both societies. Jochen Arndt reveals how the current distinction between the two groups emerged from a long and complex interplay of indigenous and foreign-born actors, with often diverging ambitions and relationships to the world they shared and the languages they spoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe earliest roots of the divide lie in the eras of exploration and colonization, when European officials and naturalists classified South Africa's indigenous population on the basis of skin color and language. Later, missionaries collaborated with African intermediaries to translate the Bible into the region's vernaculars, artificially creating distinctions between Zulu and Xhosa speakers. By the twentieth century, these foreign players, along with African intellectuals, designed language-education programs that embedded the Zulu-Xhosa divide in South African consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing archival sources from three continents written in multiple languages, \u003ci\u003eDivided by the Word\u003c\/i\u003e offers a refreshingly new appreciation for the deep historicity of language and ethnic identity in South Africa, while reconstructing the ways in which colonial forces generate and impose ethnic divides with long-lasting and lethal consequences for indigenous populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jochen S. Arndt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813947359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813947358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Jochen S. Arndt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44310989046015,"sku":"9780813947358","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0f9ff57-8121-470a-823a-36aeb106a354.jpg?v=1695720522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/divided-by-the-word-jochen-s-arndt-9780813947358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}