Language, Immigration and Labor : Negotiating Work in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands /

"Language, Immigration, and Labor explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrants in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Focussing its ethnographic research on Arizona, a state that intensely regulates transnational mi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DuBord, Elise M., 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Language and globalization.
Subjects:
Linguistic minorities > United States.
Language policy > United States.
Intercultural communication > United States.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexican American students > Language.
Minorités linguistiques > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Ethnic relations
Intercultural communication
Language and languages
Language policy
Linguistic minorities
Mexican American students > Language
Mexico > Languages.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Mexique > Langues.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
Mexico
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Social Context of Language Contact in the Informal Economy
  • 2. Globalization, Immigrant Labor, and Language
  • 3. 'If I knew the language, don't think I would be here': Shifting Understandings of the Linguistic Capital of English
  • 4. Solidarity, Rapport, and Co-membership: Employers' Hiring Practices
  • 5. Performing the Good Worker
  • 6. Conceptualizing Intercultural Contact in the Borderlands.

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