Symbolic power in the heritage language classroom: How Spanish heritage speakers sustain and resist hegemonic discourses on language and cultural diversity

Spanish in Context

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-26

  Showstack, Rachel Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Discourse analysis; Heritage language education; Identity; Language attitudes; Spanish in the U.S.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857883049     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.9.1.01sho     Document Type: Article

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