Language across difference : ethnicity, communication, and youth identities in changing urban schools / Django Paris.
"Once a predominantly African American city, South Vista opened the twenty-first century with a large Latino/a majority and a significant population of Pacific Islanders. Using an innovative blend of critical ethnography and social language methodologies, Paris offers the voices and experiences...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Once a predominantly African American city, South Vista opened the twenty-first century with a large Latino/a majority and a significant population of Pacific Islanders. Using an innovative blend of critical ethnography and social language methodologies, Paris offers the voices and experiences of South Vista youth as a window into how today's young people challenge and reinforce ethnic and linguistic difference in demographically changing urban schools and communities. The ways African American language, Spanish and Samoan are used within and across ethnicity in social and academic interactions, text messages and youth authored rap lyrics show urban young people enacting both new and old visions of pluralist cultural spaces. Paris illustrates how understanding youth communication, ethnicity and identities in changing urban landscapes like South Vista offers crucial avenues for researchers and educators to push for more equitable schools and a more equitable society"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511978855 9780511978852 1139099434 9781139099431 1139100785 9781139100786 1139101447 9781139101448 1139103245 9781139103244 1283341778 9781283341776 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511978852 |