Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities: Bridging Culture, Language, and Schooling at the US-Mexican Border

This book explores how Mexican-origin youth at the U.S. border develop rich, transnational identities through cultural and linguistic practices. It highlights how youth resist racialized and raciolinguistic oppression by engaging with their heritage culture and language, defying deficit narratives and negotiating identities in the in-between. It offers a valuable perspective on transnational youth identity and is relevant to researchers, academics, and educators in education, multicultural education, and youth culture.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Framed by the theoretical work of Gloria Anzaldúa, this comprehensive volume delves into the cultural and linguistic practices of Mexican-origin youth residing at the U.S. border, shedding light on their dynamic engagement in acts of bridging to forge rich, transnational identities. Through a wealth of empirical data gathered through in-depth interviews and observations, complemented by perspectives from multinational and transnational authors, this text illuminates how youth actively resist racialized and raciolinguistic oppression in both formal and informal contexts. By purposefully engaging with their heritage culture and language, they challenge prevailing deficit narratives and negotiate complex identities that exist in the liminal spaces between cultures. As a whole, this volume addresses critical issues of identity, language, and education, offering a unique asset-based perspective on the intricacies of transnational youth identity. It holds immense value in educational and academic spaces, particularly for researchers, academics, and educators with interests in the sociology of education, multicultural education, and youth culture more broadly. Those engaged in language and identity studies, as well as adolescence, schooling, and bilingualism, will find this volume particularly insightful and valuable.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032043500