This book examines narratives of anti-German sentiment and language
loss from German American communities in southwestern, Illinois.
During World War I and II, government sponsored Americanization
campaigns brought an abrupt end to German speaking practices in
many communities across the Midwest. The narratives and the
sociolinguistic practices around their telling detail the
experiences of people who were singled out because of their
ethnicity and bilingualism and the consequences these experiences
had for their families. This work considers how contexts of
discrimination informed constructions of the past that people could
live with and the impact of these contexts on their beliefs about
language and belonging. In addition to stories of past experience,
this work also explores narratives of the present. New immigrants
are moving to the region for work in local industries and their
presence is regarded cautiously by German origin residents.
Narrative constructions about new immigrants are considered in
light of these shifting demographics and local histories of
anti-German sentiment with significant implications for the future
of social relationships in these communities.
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