Black Immigrant Literacies: (Trans)languaging for 'Success' [Under contract]

Research output: Book/ReportBook

Abstract

This book is designed to describe the literacies of Black immigrant youth. I use the lens of translanguaging to explore the ways in which these youth functioned as language architects by drawing from standardized and non-standardized Englishes3 as well as semiotic resources, to reflect a range of literacy practices. I also work at the intersection of (trans)languaging, a raciolinguistic perspective and monoglossic and heteroglossic language ideologies. Using these lenses, I identify how contested ideologies of race and language influenced choices surrounding language architecture in which the immigrant students engaged as they leveraged literacy for success. To do so, I draw on a (decolonizing) interpretive analytical framework that challenges the meritocratic notion of Black immigrant youth as a new model minority. An understanding of how Black immigrant youth engage in multiliterate practices will extend the literature that highlights the  strengths presented by these immigrant, racialized, and linguistically diverse youth. The findings will also point to the ways in which institutions can support and advocate for these youth.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Black immigrant literacy
  • race
  • language
  • immigration
  • literacy
  • translanguaging
  • transraciolinguistics
  • Englishes
  • language ideology

Disciplines

  • Education
  • Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
  • Language and Literacy Education
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Linguistics
  • Sociology
  • Social Justice

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