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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780821403321

Autore

Clark Julie Byrd

Titolo

Multilingualism, citizenship and identity [[electronic resource] ] : voices of youth and symbolic investments in an urban, globalized world / / Julie Byrd Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2009

ISBN

1-282-59074-X

9786612590740

1-4411-7875-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

306.446

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Canada

Second language acquisition - Canada

Language and culture - Globalization - Canada

Bilingualism - Canada

Linguistic minorities - Education - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface: Multilingualism, Citizenship, and Identity; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Overlapping Identities, Symbolic Investments, and New Discursive Spaces; Chapter Two: Exploring Discourses and Interconnections between Globalization, Multilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Identity; Chapter Three: An ethnographie à géométrie variable: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Chapter Four: Voices of Youth and Symbolic Investments: A Unique Case Study; Chapter Five: Appropriating and Negotiating Symbolic Investments: Strategies across, between, and within Multiple Spaces

Conclusion: Implications and Future Directions for Interdisciplinary ResearchAppendix: Linguistic Participant Profiles; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and



sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities. This timely work is the first to consider the significance of multilingualism and its relationship to citizenship as well as the development of linguistic repertoires as an essential component of language education in a globalized world. While examining the discourses and in