Speaking American by Zevi Gutfreund
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, language learning became a touchstone in the emerging culture wars. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Los Angeles. The city is the ideal locus for Zevi Gutfreund's study of how language instruction informed the social construction of American citizenship.
In this illuminating historical account, Zevi Gutfreund posits that formal language education served as a vector through which Angelinos - those who possessed social capital and those who aspired to it - sought to articulate and shape notions of US citizenship in the twentieth centuryGutfreund uncovers the ways teachers, parents, and students challenged Americanization and English-only campaigns and brought to bear their own aspirations for national belonging. Speaking American proves quite salient and timely as California continues to both reify and undermine national xenophobic currents in American immigration politics."" - Clif Stratton, author of Education for Empire: American Schools, Race, and the Paths of Good Citizenship|""Speaking American asks critical questions about identity, Americanization, education, and young people. In telling this complex and important story - difficult, disappointing, and uplifting at the various twists and turns of Los Angeles history - Zevi Gutfreund explores how and why L.A. was at the epicenter of twentieth-century Americanization debates and struggles. He renders the always-complex social and racial arenas of metropolitan L.A. with clarity and scholarly acuity."" - William Deverell, author of Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
Zevi Gutfreund holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is Assistant Professor of History at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780806161860 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806161868 |
| Title | Speaking American |
| Author | Zevi Gutfreund |
| Series | Race And Culture In The American West Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 2019-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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