Ethnolinguistic Chicago : language and literacy in the city's neighborhoods / / edited by Marcia Farr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783502303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2007]; ©2003
• ISBN: 1-4106-0890-5
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/4/0977311
• Soggetti: English language - Illinois - Chicago; English language - Social aspects - Illinois - Chicago; English language - Variation - Illinois - Chicago; Ethnic groups - Illinois - Chicago; Literacy - Illinois - Chicago; Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions; Chicago (Ill.) Ethnic relations; Chicago (Ill.) Languages
• 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; Foreword; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBAL CITY; 2 LANGUAGE POLICY IN ILLINOIS: PAST AND PRESENT; 3 SIGNIFYING LAUGHTER AND THE SUBTLETIES OF LOUD-TALKING: MEMORY AND MEANING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S DISCOURSE; 4 PERSONAL STORYTELLING: WORKING-CLASS AND MIDDLE-CLASS MOTHERS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; 5 IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN DISCOURSE: GENDER TENSIONS AMONG GREEK AMERICANS IN CHICAGO; 6 A LITERACY EVENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES: THE SERMON AS A COMMUNITY TEXT; 7 ""BLESS THIS LITTLE TIME WE STAYED HERE"": PRAYERS OF INVOCATION AS MEDIATION OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AMONG NIGERIANS IN CHICAGO8 THE ARAB ACCOUNTANT AS LANGUAGE MEDIATOR; 9 THEY DID NOT FORGET THEIR SWEDISH: CLASS MARKERS IN THE SWEDISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY; 10 ITALIAN PATTERNS IN THE AMERICAN COLLANDIA LADIES' CLUB: HOW DO WOMEN MAKE BELLA ; FIGURA?; 11 LITHUANIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE USE AMONG EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY LITHUANIAN IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO; 12 CLASS IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF DISSENT: THE CULTURE OF ARGUMENT IN A CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; 13 CHINESE LANGUAGE USE IN CHICAGOLAND; 14 CONSUMING JAPANESE PRINT MEDIA IN CHICAGOAfterword; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, together withLatino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, documents how the future in a globalizing world is not only increasingly multilingual, but that diversity in language use (within one language and across languages) will always be with us. Most of the chapters in Ethnolinguistic Chicago are based on ethnographic studies of language, though several provide historical narratives as well. As a whole, this book offers a richly diverse set of portraits whosecentral themes emerged inductively from the research process and the communities themselves. All chapters emphasize language use as centrally related to ethnic, class, or gender identities. As such, this volume will interest anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, historians, educators and educational researchers, and others whose concerns require an understanding of "ground-level" phenomena relevant to contemporary social issues.