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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967527403321

Autore

Hadi-Tabassum Samina <1971->

Titolo

Language, space and power : a critical look at bilingual education / / Samina Hadi-Tabassum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2005

ISBN

9786610501748

9781280501746

128050174X

9781853598807

1853598801

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 55

Disciplina

370.117

Soggetti

Education, Bilingual

Language acquisition - Social aspects

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Research Setting -- Chapter 2: Language, Space and Power: Examining Metalinguistic Conflicts Along the Borderlands -- Chapter 3: The Cheers: The Ethics of Making Aesthetic Judgments -- Chapter 4: Jack, Su Mama, Y El Burro: The Performativity of Race, Gender and Language in a Bilingual Play -- Chapter 5: The Flow and Movement of Music: Appropriating the Third Space -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: False Binaries and True Dialectics -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Language, Space, and Power describes the sociolinguistic and sociocultural life of a Spanish-English dual language classroom in which attention is given to not only the language learning processes at hand but also to how race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics interact within the language acquisition process.