Language and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods - The Politics of Belonging (Hardcover)

This revealing analysis of everyday language use among Moroccan immigrant children in Spain explores their cultural and linguistic life-worlds as they develop a hybrid, yet coherent, sense of identity in their multilingual communities. The author shows how they adapt to the local ambivalence toward Muslim culture and increased surveillance by Spanish authorities. * Offers ground-breaking research from linguistic anthropology charting the politics of childhood in Muslim immigrant communities in Spain * Illuminates the contemporary debates concerning assimilation and alienation in Europe s immigrant Muslim and North African populations * Provides an integrated blend of theory and empirical ethnographic data * Enriches recent research on immigrant children with analyses of their sense of belonging, communicative practices, and emerging processes of identification

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	I Garcia-Sanchez
Dimensions:	250 x 178 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-67333-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-470-67333-8
Barcode:	9780470673331

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