Mogadishu on the Mississippi

Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land

Martha H Bigelow author Lourdes Ortega editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:22nd Oct '10

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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

ISBN: 9781444338744

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 11mm

Weight: 281g

200 pages