Hadi-Tabassum Language, Space and Power

A Critical Look at Bilingual Education
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-85359-880-7
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 55, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Language, Space, and Power describes the sociolinguistic and sociocultural life of a Spanish-English dual language classroom in which attention is given to not only the language learning processes at hand but also to how race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics interact within the language acquisition process.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hadi-Tabassum, Samina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Research Setting

Chapter 2. Language Space and Power: Examining Metalinguistic Conflicts Along the Borderlands

Chapter 3. The Cheers: The Ethics of Making Aesthetic Judgements

Chapter 4. Jack, Su Mama Y El Burro: The Performitivity of Race, Gender and Language in a Bilingual Play

Chapter 5. The Flow and Movement of Music: Appropriating the Third Space

Chapter 6. Conclusion: False Binaries and True Dialectics

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hadi-Tabassum, Samina
Samina Hadi-Tabassum is the Senior Director for Student Academic Support at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. Her research focuses on the intersection of race, language and culture. In 2006, she won awards for her ethnography on a dual-language program entitled, “Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education” (Multilingual Matters). Recently, she completed a 10-year study of Maywood, Illinois and the impact of its recent demographic shift from a historically Black middle-class suburb outside of Chicago with roots in the Black Panther Party to, now, a community with a growing Latinx population. The book is titled, “Black and Brown Education in America: Integration in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

Samina Hadi-Tabassum received a doctorate degree from Columbia University and is currently an Assistant Professor at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She is the director of the Bilingual and ESL Program. Her research interests include bilingual education, multicultural education, and linguistics.