Beyond yellow English
Subtitle: toward a linguistic anthropology of Asian Pacific America
By: edited by Angela Reyes, Adrienne Lo.
Contributors: Reyes, Angela, 1970-; Lo, Adrienne.
Series: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780195327359; 9780195327366
Subjects: Sociolinguistics -- United States; Asian Americans -- Languages; Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity; Asian Americans and mass media; Language and education -- United States
Description: This book examines issues of language, identity, and culture among the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American (APA) population. The distinguished contributors—who represent a broad range of perspectives from anthropology, sociolinguistics, English, and education—focus on the analysis of spoken interaction and explore multiple facets of the APA experience
Authors cover topics such as media representations of APAs; codeswitching and language crossing; and narratives of ethnic identity. The collection examines the experiences of Asian Pacific Americans of different ethnicities, generations, ages, and geographic locations across home, school, community, and performance sites.
Features

    * Includes wide range of ethnic groups, geographic locations, etc.
    * Although there are several edited collections that examine the Asian American experience or Asian American youth from a cultural studies perspective, this is the first to look at the linguistic aspects
Notes: Table of Contents.
 Contributors. 1 Introduction: On Yellow English and Other Perilous Terms. . Part I: Interactional Positionings of Selves and Identities. 2 Styles and Stereotypes: The Linguistic Negotiation of Identity among Laotian American Youth. . 3 Asian American Stereotypes as Circulating Resource. . 4 Evidentiality and Morality in a Korean Heritage Language School. . 5 On Using Semiotic Resources in a Racist World: A Commentary. . Part II: Discursive Constitutions of Groups and Communities. 6 Talk about Luck: Coherence, Contingency, Character and Class in the Life Stories of Filipino Canadians in Toronto. . 7 Turban Narratives: Discourses of Identification and Difference among Punjabi Sikh Families in Los Angeles. . 8 Constructing Ethnic Identity through Discourse: Self-categorization among Korean American Camp Counselors. . 9 Who is Japanese in Hawaii?: The Discursive Construction of Ethnic Identity. . 10 Communities and Identities: Fraught Categories and Anchoring Resources: A Commentary. . Part III: Languages in Contact. 11 Arbitrating Community Norms: The Use of English Me in Japanese Discourse. . 12 Illegitimate Speakers of English: Negotiation of Linguistic Identity among Korean International Students. . 13 Bilingual Creativity and Self-negotiation: Korean-American Childrens Language Socialization into Korean Address Terms. . 14 Phonological and Cultural Innovations in the Speech of Samoans in Southern California. . 15 What Do Bilinguals Do?: A Commentary , Part IV: Linguistic Practices in Media Contexts. . 16 Ideologies of Legitimate Mockery: Margaret Chos Revoicings of Mock Asian. . 17 We Can Laugh at Ourselves: Hawaii Ethnic Humor, Local Identity and the Myth of Multiculturalism. . 18 Reel to Real: Desi Teens Linguistic Engagements with Bollywood. . 19 Perspective and the Politics of Representation: A Commentary. . Part V: Educational Institutions and Language Acquisition. 20 Trading Tongues: Loss of Heritage Languages in the United States. . 21 Forever FOB?: Resisting and Reproducing the Other in High School ESL. . 22 Sequences, Scripts, and Subject Pronouns in the Construction of Chinese Heritage. . 23 The Emergence of Language Identity in Cultural Action: A Commentary. . Index.