Beyond Yellow English Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Asian Pacific America

by Reyes, Angela; Lo, Adrienne

• ISBN13: 9780195327366
• ISBN10: 0195327365
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Beyond Yellow English is the first edited volume to examine issues of language, identity, and culture among the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American (APA) population. The distinguished contributors-who represent a broad range of perspectives from anthropology, sociolinguistics, English, andeducation-focus on the analysis of spoken interaction and explore multiple facets of the APA experience. Authors cover topics such as media representations of APAs; codeswitching and language crossing; and narratives of ethnic identity. The collection examines the experiences of Asian PacificAmericans of different ethnicities, generations, ages, and geographic locations across home, school, community, and performance sites.

Author Biography

Angele Reyes is Associate Professor of English, Hunter College.
Adrienne Lo is Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Introduction: On Yellow English and Other Perilous Terms

Interactional Positionings of Selves and Identities

Styles and Stereotypes: Loatin American Girls' Linguistic Negotiation of Identity

Asian American Stereotypes as Circulating Resource

Evidentiality and Morality in a Korean Heritage Language School

On Using Semiotic Resources in a Racist World: A Commentary

Discursive Constitutions of Groups and Communities

"Talk about Luck": Coherence, Contingency, Character and Class in the Life Stories of Filipino Canadians in Toronto

Turban Narratives: Discourses of Identification and Difference among Punjabi Sikh Families in Los Angeles

Constructing Ethnic Identity through Discourse: Self-Categorization among Korean American Camp Counselors

Who is "Japanese" in Hawai'i?: The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identity

Communities and Identities: Fraught Categories and Anchoring Resources: A Commentary

Languages in Contact

Arbitrating Community Norms: The Use of English Me in Japanese Discourse

Illegitimate Speakers of English: Negotiation of Linguistic Identity among Korean International Students

Bilingual Creativity and Self-Negotiation: Korean American Children's Language Socialization into Korean Address Terms

Phonological and Cultural Innovations in the Speech of Samoans in Southern California

What Do Bilinguals Do?: A Commentary

Linguistic Practices in Media Contexts

Ideologies of Legitimate Mockery: Margaret Cho's Revoicings of Mock Asian

"We Can Laugh at Ourselves": Hawai'i Ethnic Humor, Local Identity and the Myth of Multiculturalism

Reel to Real: Desi Teens' Linguistic Engagements with Bollywood

Perspective and the Politics of Representation: A Commentary

Educational Institutions and Language Acquisition

Trading Tongues: Loss of Heritage Languages in the United States

Forever FOB?: Resisting and Reproducing the Other in High School ESL

Sequences, Scripts, and Subject Pronouns in the Construction of Chinese Heritage Identity

The Emergence of Language Identity in Cultural Action: A Commentary

Index

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