Language and Muslim immigrant childhoods : the politics of belonging /
"This revealing analysis of everyday language use among Moroccan immigrant children in Spain explores their cultural and linguistic life-worlds as they develop a hybrid, yet coherent, sense of identity in their multilingual communities. The author shows how they adapt to the local ambivalence t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA :
Wiley Blackwell,
2014.
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| Series: | Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ;
6. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | "This revealing analysis of everyday language use among Moroccan immigrant children in Spain explores their cultural and linguistic life-worlds as they develop a hybrid, yet coherent, sense of identity in their multilingual communities. The author shows how they adapt to the local ambivalence toward Muslim culture and increased surveillance by Spanish authorities. Offers ground-breaking research from linguistic anthropology charting the politics of childhood in Muslim immigrant communities in Spain Illuminates the contemporary debates concerning assimilation and alienation in Europe's immigrant Muslim and North African populations Provides an integrated blend of theory and empirical ethnographic data Enriches recent research on immigrant children with analyses of their sense of belonging, communicative practices, and emerging processes of identification"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 2. Moros En La Costa: The Moroccan Immigrant Diaspora In Spain 3. Learning About Children's Lives: A Note On Methodology 4. Moroccan Immigrant Childhoods in Vallenuevo 5. The Public School: Ground Zero for the Politics of Inclusion 6. Learning how to Be Moroccans in Vallenuevo: Arabic and the Politics of Identity 7. Becoming Translators of Culture: Moroccan Immigrant Children's Experiences As Language Brokers 8. Heteroglossic Games: Imagining Selves and Voicing Possible Futures 9. Conclusion. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118323939 1118323939 9781118323922 1118323920 9781118323892 1118323890 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118323939 |
