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The eagle and the serpent : a bi-literacy autobiography / Ignacio G. Palacios.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palacios, Ignacio.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Second language acquisition.
- English language--Social aspects.
- English language.
- Bilingualism--United States.
- Bilingualism.
- Mexicans.
- Linguistic minorities.
- United States.
- Linguistic minorities--United States.
- Literacy--Social aspects--United States.
- Literacy.
- Literacy--Social aspects.
- Immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Mexicans--United States--Biography.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 75 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham ; Toronto : Hamilton Books, [2007]
- Summary:
- This work describes the author's experiences in both Spanish and English literacy development. It illustrates the bilingual/bicultural experience of acculturation and assimilation, a process of change, both culturally and linguistically. The Eagle and the Serpent does so in three levels: autobiographical narratives in bi-literacy acquisition, expository reflections from the viewpoint of a bilingual/bicultural Mexican-American adult, and finally an analysis of the process evident in the author's experience. Interspersed in the autobiographical elements, Palacios reflects on his spiritual journey of religious conversion, from Mexican Catholicism to American Evangelicalism. After discussing immigration, acculturation, and literacy, the story ends with an appended poem that reflects many immigrant children's lives of metamorphosis.
- Contents:
- 1 The Imperfect Seven 1
- 2 Scholars' Views 5
- 3 Childhood in Mexico 9
- 4 Just What is Literacy? 17
- 5 Immigration to the US 21
- 6 Acculturation in America 29
- 7 Metamorphosis 47
- 8 Current Literacies 53
- 9 The View From Here 59
- Appendix Immigrant Children at Ellis' Door 67.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761838317
- 9780761838319
- OCLC:
- 156822420
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