Constructing the heritage language learner : [Book] knowledge, power, and new subjectivities / Neriko Musha Doerr and Kiri Lee.

By:

Doerr, Neriko Musha, 1967-

Contributor(s):

Lee, Kiri

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language ; 103Description: xiii, 188 pages : 24 cmISBN:

9781614513995 (hardcover)
1614513996 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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DDC classification:

495.680071073 23

Other classification:

495.680071073

Summary: Though often treated as an objective category, heritage language learner is a social construct contested by researchers, government officials, school administrators, and students themselves. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a Japanese language school in the US, the book examines the construction of the heritage language learner, viewing the notion as a site of negotiation regarding the legitimate knowledge of language and ways of belonging.

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Though often treated as an objective category, heritage language learner is a social construct contested by researchers, government officials, school administrators, and students themselves. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a Japanese language school in the US, the book examines the construction of the heritage language learner, viewing the notion as a site of negotiation regarding the legitimate knowledge of language and ways of belonging.

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