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Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity Farah Ali

Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity By Farah Ali

Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity by Farah Ali


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Summary

This book examines the intersectionality of gendered, religious identity among Muslim women in Catalonia, and illustrates how this identity is brokered through language use in a multilingual and diasporic context. It offers a unique lens through which we can further our understanding of the role of language in the acculturation process.

Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity Summary

Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity: Perspectives from Catalonia by Farah Ali

This book examines the intersectionality of gendered, religious identity among Muslim women in Catalonia, and illustrates how this identity is brokered through language use in a multilingual and diasporic context. Drawing on a mixed methods study of 1st and 2nd generation immigrant women, this book also examines how acculturation is a transgenerational process reflected in linguistic behavior. Through the use of questionnaire and interview data, the author constructs a story about informants' experiences navigating life vis-a-vis language use; specifically through the use of Spanish, Catalan and native/heritage languages. This book offers a unique lens through which we can further our understanding of the role of language in the acculturation process in Catalonia. It adds to the ongoing discussion about language and migration in Catalonia and provides a valuable contribution to debates about immigrant women's language learning and use.

Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity Reviews

This book is a great and engaging work on Muslim immigrant women living in Catalonia. One of the most interesting aspects is the sources used in this research, since it is based on real data from fieldwork. It will be an important milestone for an under-researched area of sociolinguistic studies on women's linguistic attitudes. * Angeles Vicente, University of Zaragoza, Spain *

With tenacity, rigor, and originality, Dr Farah Ali explores the intersectionally complex lives of Muslim immigrant women in Catalonia - lives that are too often ignored or misrepresented. Empirically rich, the volume illuminates how several generations of these women creatively use their multilingual repertoires to carve out spaces for belonging and to fight their own marginalization.

* Inmaculada Ma Garcia-Sanchez, UCLA, USA *

About Farah Ali

Farah Ali is Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, DePauw University, USA. Her research interests include Hispanic linguistics, Arabic linguistics, migration and diaspora, multilingualism, and language and identity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Language Use and Language Policy in Catalonia

Chapter 3. Acculturation and Negotiating Identity

Chapter 4. Research Design

Chapter 5. Spaniard on Purpose: Narratives of First Generation Informants

Chapter 6. In Two Worlds: Narratives of Second Generation Informants

Chapter 7. Catalan, Spanish and Heritage Languages: Reported Language Use and Attitudes

Chapter 8. Implications for Sociolinguistic Research

Chapter 9. Implications for Language and Immigrant-Targeted Policies

Appendix A: Questionnaire

Appendix B: Interview Questions

References

Index

Additional information

NGR9781800412064
9781800412064
1800412061
Multilingualism and Gendered Immigrant Identity: Perspectives from Catalonia by Farah Ali
New
Paperback
Multilingual Matters
2022-10-13
176
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