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Shame and Pride in Narrative Mexican Women's Language Experiences at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Description

This book analyzes personal experiences of language through the voices of Mexican immigrant women, in relation to the racialization discourses that frame the social life of Mexican immigrant communities in the United States. It reveals the power of narrative, understood as a social practice, to validate and give meaning to people's lives.

Keywords

Social ScienceEmigration & ImmigrationLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsSociolinguisticsEthnic StudiesCaribbean & Latin American StudiesResearchAnthropologyCultural & Social

2014Book

Author(s)Ana Maria

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9781137348586

LanguageEnglish

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