Mexican American Language And Culture

Author : Rosina Lozano
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520969582

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An American Language by Rosina Lozano Pdf

An American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of U.S. history. It reveals the origins of Spanish as a language binding residents of the Southwest to the politics and culture of an expanding nation in the 1840s. As the West increasingly integrated into the United States over the following century, struggles over power, identity, and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an American—with profound implications for our own time.

Author : Ernesto Gomez,Roy E. Becker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Spanish language
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131027435

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Mexican American Language and Culture by Ernesto Gomez,Roy E. Becker Pdf

Author : Sandra R. Schecter,Robert J. Bayley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135660055

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Language as Cultural Practice by Sandra R. Schecter,Robert J. Bayley Pdf

Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos en el Norte offers a vivid ethnographic account of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families residing in California and Texas. This account illustrates a variety of cases where language is used by speakers to choose between alternative self-definitions and where language interacts differentially with other defining categories, such as ethnicity, gender, and class. It shows that language socialization--instantiated in language choices and patterns of use in sociocultural and sociohistorical contexts characterized by ambiguity and flux--is both a dynamic and a fluid process. The study emphasizes the links between familial patterns of language use and language socialization practices on the one hand, and children's development of bilingual and biliterate identities on the other. Using a framework emerging from their selection of two geographically distinct localities with differing demographic features, Schecter and Bayley compare patterns of meaning suggested by the use of Spanish and English in speech and literacy activities, as well as by the symbolic importance ascribed by families and societal institutions (such as schools) to the maintenance and use of the two languages. Language as Cultural Practice: *provides a detailed account of the diversity of language practices and patterns of use in language minority homes; *offers educators detailed information on the language ecology of Latino homes in two geographically diverse communities--San Antonio, Texas, and the San Francisco Bay Area, California; *shows the diversity within Mexican-American communities in the United States--families profiled range from rural families in south Texas to upper middle class professional families in northern California; *provides data to correct the prevalent misconception that maintenance of Spanish interferes with the acquisition of English; and *contributes to the study of language socialization by showing that the process extends throughout the lifetime and that it is an interactive rather than a one-way process. This book will particularly interest researchers and professionals in linguistics, anthropology, applied linguistics, and education, and will be useful as a text in graduate courses in these areas that address language socialization and learning.

Author : Ned Crouch
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781417526833

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Mexicans & Americans by Ned Crouch Pdf

Understand why good neighbors are separated by the meaning of yes Whether negotiating a delivery date, launching a local franchise or renting a car in Mexico City, speaking the language and knowing the rules of business are not enough. In any culture where yes can mean no - or sometimes maybe - even giants like Wal-Mart and IBM can make costly mistakes. Mexicans and Americans gets to the heart of our differences and lays the groundwork for cultural fluency. Here is a humorous and insightful firthand look at how to succeed in working with Mexicans - on either side of the border. Steeped in the richness of Mexican culture and history, Ned Crouch helps us understand the most critical elements that determine what works and what doesn't when Mexicans and Americans come together in business: our different views of time and space, and our construction and use of language. He debunks the manana stereotype and offers specific advice on how to cross the cultural divide that separates us.

Author : Nicolàs Kanellos,Claudia Esteva-Fabregat,Thomas Weaver
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1611921619

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Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Anthropology by Nicolàs Kanellos,Claudia Esteva-Fabregat,Thomas Weaver Pdf

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Project is a national project to locate, identify, preserve and make accessible the literary contributions of U.S. Hispanics from colonial times through 1960 in what today comprises the fifty states of the United States.

Author : Yvonne M. Caldera,Eric Lindsey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317805021

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Mexican American Children and Families by Yvonne M. Caldera,Eric Lindsey Pdf

Offering insight on Mexican American culture, families, and children, this book provides an interdisciplinary examination of this growing population. Leaders from psychology, education, health, and social policy review recent research and provide policy implications of their findings. Both quantitative and qualitative literature is summarized. Using current theories, the handbook reviews the cultural, social, and inter- and intra-personal experiences that contribute to the well-being of Mexican Americans. Each chapter follows the same format to make comparisons easier. Researchers and students from various disciplines interested in Mexican Americans will appreciate this accessible book.

Author : George Carpenter Barker
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1972-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816503179

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Social Functions of Language in a Mexican-American Community by George Carpenter Barker Pdf

Social Functions of Language in a Mexican-American Community is an inquiry into how language functions in the life of a bilingual minority group in process of cultural change, this study investigated the acculturation and assimilation of individuals of Mexican descent living in Tucson, Arizona. Specifically, the language usage and interpersonal relations of individuals from representative families in the bilingual community of Tucson, the usage of bilingual social groups in the community, and the linguistic and cultural contacts between bilinguals and members of the larger Tucson community were examined. Data were drawn from observational studies of individuals and families; observation of group activities; and observation of, supplemented by questionnaires on, the cultural interests of Mexican children and their families. Some conclusions of the study were that Spanish came to be identified in the Mexican community as the language of intimate and family relations, while English came to be identified as the language of formal social relations and of all relations with Anglos. It was also found that the younger American-born group reject both Spanish and English in favor of their own language, Pachuco. Tables depicting the characteristics of 20 families, the language usage of families, and the language usage in personal relationships of English and Spanish are included. Suggestions for further research are made.

Author : Mario A. Tovar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216117056

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Mexican American Psychology by Mario A. Tovar Pdf

Providing in-depth coverage of the Mexican American population from social, cultural, and psychological (clinical) perspectives, this book promotes the understanding of cultural practices and sociological characteristics of this important ethnic group. There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population—one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States—is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments. In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin—rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and "healers" who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors.

Author : Glenn A. Mart’nez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816523740

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Mexican Americans and Language by Glenn A. Mart’nez Pdf

When political activists rallied for the abolition of bilingual education and even called for the declaration of English as an official language, Mexican Americans and other immigrant groups saw this as an assault on their heritage and civil rights. Because language is such a defining characteristic of Mexican American ethnicity, nearly every policy issue that touches their lives involves language in one way or another. This book offers an overview of some of the central issues in the Mexican American language experience, describing it in terms of both bilingualism and minority status. It is the first book to focus on the historical, social, political, and structural aspects of multiple languages in the Mexican American experience and to address the principles and methods of applied sociolinguistic research in the Mexican American community. Spanish and non-Spanish speakers in the Mexican American community share a common set of social and ethnic bonds. They also share a common experience of bilingualism. As MartA-nez observes, the ideas that have been constructed around bilingualism are as important to understanding the Mexican American language experience as bilingualism itself. Mexican Americans and Language gives students the background they need to respond to the multiple social problems that can result from the language differences that exist in the Mexican American community. By showing students how to go from word to deed (del dicho al hecho), it reinforces the importance of language for their community, and for their own lives and futures.

Author : Glenn A. Mart’nez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816523746

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Mexican Americans and Language by Glenn A. Mart’nez Pdf

When political activists rallied for the abolition of bilingual education and even called for the declaration of English as an official language, Mexican Americans and other immigrant groups saw this as an assault on their heritage and civil rights. Because language is such a defining characteristic of Mexican American ethnicity, nearly every policy issue that touches their lives involves language in one way or another. This book offers an overview of some of the central issues in the Mexican American language experience, describing it in terms of both bilingualism and minority status. It is the first book to focus on the historical, social, political, and structural aspects of multiple languages in the Mexican American experience and to address the principles and methods of applied sociolinguistic research in the Mexican American community. Spanish and non-Spanish speakers in the Mexican American community share a common set of social and ethnic bonds. They also share a common experience of bilingualism. As MartA-nez observes, the ideas that have been constructed around bilingualism are as important to understanding the Mexican American language experience as bilingualism itself. Mexican Americans and Language gives students the background they need to respond to the multiple social problems that can result from the language differences that exist in the Mexican American community. By showing students how to go from word to deed (del dicho al hecho), it reinforces the importance of language for their community, and for their own lives and futures.

Author : Mary Renck Jalongo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387745244

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Enduring Bonds by Mary Renck Jalongo Pdf

Young children are social beings. In this volume, a group of distinguished authors examine an array of interpersonal relationships that are formative in shaping childhood - relationships that affect the child today and influence the adult tomorrow.

Author : Ruth J. Silverstein
Publisher : Barrons Educational Services
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781438075235

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Spanish Now! Level 1: with Online Audio by Ruth J. Silverstein Pdf

This updated edition of the combination textbook and workbook is designed as an introduction to Spanish for classroom use. The emphasis is on oral proficiency--conversational speaking and listening comprehension--but the authors also present detailed instruction in the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing in Spanish. The book is filled with exercises and answers, true-to-life dialogues, illustrations of Hispanic art, and photos that capture the flavor of Spanish culture in Spain and Latin America. In this new edition, the vocabulary sections and readings have been updated to include the latest technology, while the cultural sections now include information about the Hispanic individuals currently making a splash on the world scene.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015054173375

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Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Constitutional amendments
ISBN : PURD:32754075285357

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English Language Constitutional Amendments by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights Pdf

Author : Martin Austin Nesvig
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781461643029

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Religious Culture in Modern Mexico by Martin Austin Nesvig Pdf

This nuanced book considers the role of religion and religiosity in modern Mexico, breaking new ground with an emphasis on popular religion and its relationship to politics. The contributors highlight the multifaceted role of religion, illuminating the ways that religion and religious devotion have persisted and changed since Mexican independence. They explore such themes as the relationship between church and state, the resurgence of religiosity and religious societies in the post-reform period, the religious values of the liberals of the 1850s, and the ways that popular expressions of religion often trumped formal and universal proscriptions. Focusing on individual stories and vignettes and on local elements of religion, the contributors show that despite efforts to secularize society, religion continues to be a strong component of Mexican culture. Portraying the complexity of religiosity in Mexico in the context of an increasingly secular state, this book will be invaluable for all those interested in Latin American history and religion. Contributions by: Silvia Marina Arrom, Adrian Bantjes, Alejandro Cortázar, Jason Dormady, Martin Austin Nesvig, Matthew D. O'Hara, Daniela Traffano, Paul J. Vanderwood, Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, Pamela Voekel, and Edward Wright-Rios