Their language, our Spanish: Introducing public discourses of 'Gringoism' as racializing linguistic and cultural reappropriation

Spanish in Context

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-245

  Schwartz, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Discourse; Gringoism; Identity; Indexicality; Intersubjectivity; Language education; Mexican American studies; Privilege; Racism; Reappropriation; Space; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849209304     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.5.2.05sch     Document Type: Article

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