Bilingual being : my life as a hyphen /

This gutsy, immensely readable memoir traces the influence of the author's mother tongue in the formation of her identity, and the role her second language played in providing a psychological sanctuary. The author recounts the emotional gains and losses of a life lived in two languages and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saint-Onge, Kathleen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : Mcgill-Queens Univ Press, 2013.
Temas:
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, > 1957-
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, > 1957- > Childhood and youth.
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church
1900-1999
Adult child sexual abuse victims > Québec (Province) > Québec > Biography.
Bilingualism > Québec (Province) > Québec.
Enfants victimes d'abus sexuels devenus adultes > Québec (Province) > Québec > Biographies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse.
SELF-HELP > Abuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Childhood and youth of a person
Adult child sexual abuse victims
Bilingualism
Social conditions
Québec (Québec) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Québec > Québec
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • My Mother Tongue/My Mother's Tongue
  • Un Boubou
  • A New Linguistic Landscape
  • Cultural Borderlands
  • Saints and Sinners
  • The View from Here
  • Insiders and Outsiders
  • Religion: The Language of the Bedroom
  • My Brother: My Flip Side
  • English Roots
  • Battle Lines
  • Becoming Other
  • French roots
  • The Double Frame
  • Inheritance
  • On being not quite right
  • Shfiting grandmothers
  • Ruptures
  • Imaginary companions
  • On the wings of geese
  • The gifts I keep
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Poems.

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