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Translating Childhoods: Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
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Description for Translating Childhoods: Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture
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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.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Series in Childhood Studies
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813545226
SKU
V9780813545226
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About Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA.
Reviews for Translating Childhoods: Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture
"Translating Childhoods should be required reading for educators and future teachers. It provides a refreshing and important view of children as active contributors to communities and society."
Lucinda Pease-Alvarez
University of California, Santa Cruz
"This is one of the most important works on learning and development among immigrant children in the last decade. Orellana integrates a cognitive ... Read more
Lucinda Pease-Alvarez
University of California, Santa Cruz
"This is one of the most important works on learning and development among immigrant children in the last decade. Orellana integrates a cognitive ... Read more