{"product_id":"language-diaspora-home-identity-and-womens-linguistic-space-making-9781032328775","title":"Language, Diaspora, Home: Identity and Women's Linguistic Space-Making","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores language maintenance and development in the linguistic lives of second-, third-, and fourth-generation immigrants as they navigate migration and diaspora, highlighting the role of women in acting as custodians and gate-keepers of family languages towards creating a sense of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on work from narrative, storytelling, literary studies, and linguistic anthropology, as well as interviews with multiple generations of immigrant families, to reflect on the ways these families foster a sense of home and maintain connections to their homelands through language. Robinson showcases the voices of a diverse range of families to examine the choices women in immigrant families make between the use of family languages, dominant community languages, or a mix of the two. The volume enhances our understanding of the ways in which immigrants navigate the linguistic landscapes of home and community amid migration and diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students and scholars in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, language and gender, and language and migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032328775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeather Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at York College\/City University of New York. She is the lead co-author of \u003ci\u003eTranslingual Identities and Transnational Realities in the U.S. College Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2020) as well as various journal articles and book chapters that have appeared in such varied venues such as \u003ci\u003eWomen's Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Speech, Administrative Theory and Praxis, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreole Composition: Academic Writing and Rhetoric in the Anglophone Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43211336679539,"sku":"9.78103E+12","price":305.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ae721ee8-cb7c-4614-8760-0b3eee91cf2d.jpg?v=1753183042","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/language-diaspora-home-identity-and-womens-linguistic-space-making-9781032328775","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}