Translating childhoods : immigrant youth, language, and culture / Marjorie Faulstich Orellana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich.

Series:

Rutgers series in childhood studies.

The Rutgers series in childhood studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of immigrants--Language.

Children of immigrants.

Translating and interpreting.

Immigrants--Language.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though the dynamics of immigrant family life has gained attention from scholars, little is known about the younger generation, often considered "invisible." Translating Childhoods, a unique contribution to the study of immigrant youth, brings children to the forefront by exploring the "work" they perform as language and culture brokers, and the impact of this largely unseen contribution. Skilled in two vernaculars, children shoulder basic and more complicated verbal exchanges for non-English speaking adults. Readers hear, through children's own words, what it means be "in the middle" or the "keys to communication" that adults otherwise would lack. Drawing from ethnographic data and research in three immigrant communities, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana's study expands the definition of child labor by assessing children's roles as translators as part of a cost equation in an era of global restructuring and considers how sociocultural learning and development is shaped as a result of children's contributions as translators.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Translating Frames

Chapter 2. Landscapes of Childhood

Chapter 3. Home Work

Chapter 4. Public Para-Phrasing

Chapter 5. Transculturations

Chapter 6. Transformations

Chapter 7. Translating Childhoods

Appendix A: Learning from Children

Appendix B: Transcription Conventions

Appendix C: Domains of Language Brokering

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4863-2

OCLC:

593316059