A sociolinguistics of diaspora
Subtitle: Latino practices, identities, and ideologies
By: edited by Rosina Márquez Reiter and Luisa Martín Rojo
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism -- #6
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780415712996; 9781315883571
Subjects: Hispanic American families; Languages; Hispanic Americans; Socialization; Sociolinguistics; Emigration and immigration; Social aspects; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Description: "This volume brings together scholars in sociolinguistics and the sociology of new media and mobile technologies who are working on different social and communicative aspects of the Latino diaspora. There is new interest in the ways in which migrants negotiate and renegotiate identities through their continued interactions with their own culture back home, in the host country, in similar diaspora elsewhere, and with the various "new" cultures of the receiving country. This collection focuses on two broad political and social contexts: the established Latino communities in urban settings in North America and newer Latin American communities in Europe and the Middle East. It explores the role of migration/diaspora in transforming linguistic practices, ideologies, and identities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.