| ID | 113901 |
| Title Proper | Style and language use among youth of the new immigration |
| Other Title Information | formations of race, ethnicity, gender, and class in everyday practice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shankar, Shalini |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article I consider "style" as a linguistic and cultural concept that can demonstrate how identities performed through language use are linked to topics of central concern in studies of immigrant youth, including racial and ethnic formation, generational cohorts, acculturation, assimilation, and gender. I draw on anthropological and sociolinguistic approaches to style not generally considered in migration studies and present ethnographic data of two cliques of Desi (South Asian American) teens in a Northern California high school. I argue that analyses of youth style can substantially complicate assimilation frameworks by highlighting the ways in which young peoples' linguistic practices may not fit neatly into commonly used analytical categories of "immigrant" and "American." Focusing on how political economy and local histories inform power and difference that shape migration experiences for youth, the article moves beyond routinely examined areas of heritage language retention and loss to analyze the significance of youth performances of heritage languages as well as English. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 18, No.4-6; Nov-Dec 2011: p.646-671 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 18, No.4-6; Nov-Dec 2011: p.646-671 |
| Key Words | Migration ; Language ; Style ; Youth ; Race and Ethnicity ; Class ; South Asian Americans |