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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farr, Marcia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Illinois--Chicago.

English language.

English language--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

English language--Variation--Illinois--Chicago.

English language--Variation.

Literacy.

Ethnic groups.

English language--Social aspects.

Illinois--Chicago.

Ethnic groups--Illinois--Chicago.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic relations.

Literacy--Illinois--Chicago.

Chicago (Ill.)--Languages.

Physical Description:

xii, 400 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.

Summary:

This book, together with "Latino 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 whose central 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.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Language and Identity in a Global City / Marcia Farr, Rachel Reynolds 3

2 Language Policy in Illinois: Past and Present / Elliot L. Judd 33

Part II Within the Family Circle

3 Signifying Laughter and the Subtleties of Loud-Talking: Memory and Meaning in African American Women's Discourse / Marcyliena Morgan 51

4 Personal Storytelling: Working-Class and Middle-Class Mothers in Comparative Perspective / Grace E. Cho, Peggy J. Miller 79

5 Identity Construction in Discourse: Gender Tensions Among Greek Americans in Chicago / Lukia Koliussi 103

Part III Community Spaces

6 A Literacy Event in African American Churches: the Sermon As a Community Text / Beverly J. Moss 137

7 "Bless This Little Time We Stayed Here": Prayers of Invocation As Mediation of Immigrant Experience Among Nigerians in Chicago / Rachel Reynolds 161

8 The Arab Accountant As Language Mediator / Sharon Radloff 189

9 They Did Not Forget Their Swedish: Class Markers in the Swedish American Community / Carl Isaacson 223

10 Italian Patterns in the American Collandia Ladies' Club: How Do Women Make Bella Figura? / Gloria Nardini 251

11 Lithuanian and English Language Use Among Early Twentieth Century Lithuanian Immigrants in Chicago / Daiva Markelis 275

12 Class Identity and the Politics of Dissent: The Culture of Argument in a Chicago Neighborhood Bar / Julie Lindquist 295

13 Chinese Language Use in Chicagoland / John S. Rohsenow 321

14 Consuming Japanese Print Media in Chicago / Laura Miller 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805843450

0805843469

OCLC:

51305899