Language, Identity, and Choice
Raising Bilingual Children in a Global Society
1st Edition
Published on 20. May 2015
112 pages
979-8-216-20958-4 (ISBN)
Description
Language, Identity and Choice: Raising Bilingual Children in a Global Society provides scholarly insight into how foreign language acquisition influences an individual's understanding of identity within the African American family. Rooted in sociolinguistic, communication, and bilingual theoretical perspectives, Kami J. Anderson describes how foreign language acquisition, development, and use shape how Africans and African Americans describe and proscribe their identity and, in turn, the identity of the family. Language, Identiy, and Choice looks specifically at how family language choices, in particular choosing to be bilingual, affect family communication and perception of identity from people outside of the family. Anderson combines both extensive research and her personal experience of being bilingual to challenge the existing notions of what it means to be Black when personal experiences with race and ethnicity extend beyond the boundaries of the native country or culture.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-216-20958-4 (9798216209584)
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05/2015
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Person
Kami Anderson is associate professor in the Department of Digital Writing and Media Arts and the assistant director of the Marietta campus for the Undergraduate Honors Program for the Honors College at Kennesaw State University.
Content
African American Collective Identity and Language: A Cultural Chasm1Hip Hop, Post-soul and Language: A Generational Shift in Language and Identity13The Product is My Standpoint: A Personal Reflection25Teaching Family Ideology and Family Identity33Communicating Identity as a Family49Defining African American Bilingual Family Ideology: A Family Reflection59Our Black is Noir and Negro 70Look Mamí! El Fish es Over Ya! - Raising a Bilingual/Bicultural Child in a Monolingual Context: A Family Reflection87
Through Generations: The Linguistic Legacy of Identity101Conclusion110Next steps : A Family Reflection
Through Generations: The Linguistic Legacy of Identity101Conclusion110Next steps : A Family Reflection
