Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts

by Pavlenko, Aneta; Blackledge, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9781853596469
• ISBN10: 1853596469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-30
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

The volume highlights the role of language ideologies in the process of negotiation of identities and shows that in different historical and social contexts different identities may be negotiable or non-negotiable. The chapters address various ways in which individuals may be positioned or position themselves in a variety of contexts. In asking questions about social justice, about who has access to symbolic and material resources, about who is ‘in' and who is ‘out', the authors take account not only of localised linguistic behaviours, attitudes and beliefs; they also locate them in wider social contexts which include class, race, ethnicity, generation, gender and sexuality. The volume makes a significant contribution to the development of theory in understanding identity negotiation and social justice in multilingual contexts.

Author Biography

Aneta Pavlenko is Associate Professor of TESOL in the College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, US. Her research examines the relationship between language and cognition, emotions, and identity in bi- and multilingual individuals. She is a co-editor of two other volumes.Adrian Blackledge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on language ideologies, relations of power, and the role of public discourse in diverse societies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	viii
Introduction: New Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts
Aneta Pavlenko and Adrian Blackledge	1	(33)
1 'The Making of an American': Negotiation of Identities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Aneta Pavlenko	34	(34)
2 Constructions of Identity in Political Discourse in Multilingual Britain
Adrian Blackledge	68	(25)
3 Negotiating Between Bourge and Racaille: Verlan as Youth Identity Practice in Suburban Paris
Meredith Doran	93	(32)
4 Black Deaf or Deaf Black? Being Black and Deaf in Britain
Melissa James and Bencie Woll	125	(36)
5 Mothers and Mother Tongue: Perspectives on Self-construction by Mothers of Pakistani Heritage
Jean Mills	161	(31)
6 The Politics of Identity, Representation, and the Discourses of Self-identification: Negotiating the Periphery and the Center
Frances Giampapa	192	(27)
7 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Foreign Language Learning and Identity Reconstruction
Celeste Kinginger	219	(24)
8 Intersections of Literacy and Construction of Social Identities
Benedicta Egbo	243	(23)
9 Multilingual Writers and the Struggle for Voice in Academic Discourse
Suresh Canagarajah	266	(24)
10 Identity and Language Use: The Politics of Speaking ESL in Schools
Jennifer Miller	290	(26)
11 Sending Mixed Messages: Language Minority Education at a Japanese Public Elementary School
Yasuko Kanno	316	(23)
Index	339