This unique and fascinating study centers on the experiences of
expatriate American women married to French men, residing in
France, and struggling to maintain American language and culture in
their French-American children. More than a narrow study, "The
Transplanted Woman" aims at illustrating the general dynamics of
family groups. Three main, overlapping fields of sociological
inquiry are included: the family, bilingualism, and women's
studies. This is a rare exploration into an international situation
where the two languages and cultures considered are on an equal
footing rather than in a dominant/dominated relation to one
another. New emphasis is placed on the critical role of the father
in supporting or undermining the authority of the mother in the
transmission of the mother's language and culture. The bicultural
family laboratory facilitates the understanding the choices which
orient children's identities--in doing so revealing the
distribution of power between the parental couple and demonstrating
how parents compete for control of their children's allegiance and
identities.
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