Language, space and power : a critical look at bilingual education / Samina Hadi-Tabassum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadi-Tabassum, Samina, 1971-

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 55.

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual.

Language acquisition--Social aspects.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Language, Space, and Power describes the sociolinguistic and sociocultural life of a Spanish-English dual language classroom in which attention is given to not only the language learning processes at hand but also to how race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics interact within the language acquisition process.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Research Setting

Chapter 2: Language, Space and Power: Examining Metalinguistic Conflicts Along the Borderlands

Chapter 3: The Cheers: The Ethics of Making Aesthetic Judgments

Chapter 4: Jack, Su Mama, Y El Burro: The Performativity of Race, Gender and Language in a Bilingual Play

Chapter 5: The Flow and Movement of Music: Appropriating the Third Space

Chapter 6: Conclusion: False Binaries and True Dialectics

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610501748

9781280501746

128050174X

9781853598807

1853598801

OCLC:

304140794