The Spanish language in the United States : rootedness, racialization, and resistance /
"This book addresses the rootedness of Spanish in the US, its racialization--and Spanish-speakers resistance against racialization. This novel approach challenges the "foreigner" status of Spanish and shows that racialization victims do not take their oppression meekly. It traces the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2022.
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| Series: | New critical viewpoints on society series.
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| Summary: | "This book addresses the rootedness of Spanish in the US, its racialization--and Spanish-speakers resistance against racialization. This novel approach challenges the "foreigner" status of Spanish and shows that racialization victims do not take their oppression meekly. It traces the rootedness of Spanish since the 1500's when members of the Spanish empire began the settlement of the new land. Today, 39 million U.S. Latinos speak Spanish at home--the world's fourth largest population of Spanish speakers. Authors show how whites categorize Spanish speaking in ways that denigrate the non-standard language habits of Spanish speakers-including in schools-highlighting ways of overcoming racism"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 162 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032190563 1032190566 9781032190556 1032190558 |