Language learning and the politics of belonging: Sudanese women refugees becoming and being "American"

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-359

  Warriner, Doris S ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Immigration; Language ideology; Language learning; Membership

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648966546     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.4.343     Document Type: Article

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