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Mogadishu on the Mississippi: Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land
Contributor(s): Bigelow, Martha H. (Author), Ortega, Lourdes (Editor)
ISBN: 1444338749     ISBN-13: 9781444338744
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $44.50  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 418.007
LCCN: 2010026301
Series: Language Learning Monograph
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.6 lbs) 200 pages
 
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  • Investigates the language learning, multiple literacy development, and schooling and community experiences of the Somali population in Minnesota - a community which is Muslim, refugee, and under-schooled
  • Brings together five years of interdisciplinary research, drawing upon theories from the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, education, and sociology
  • Uses a range of epistemological frames to explore central and contemporary problems that tie language learning to racialized, religious, and gendered identities
  • Argues for the centrality of socio-political contexts in language learning and for the integration of advocacy and research