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Translating Childhoods

Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture

Translating Childhoods( )
Author: Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich
Series title:Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
ISBN:978-0-8135-4523-3
Publication Date:May 2009
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $31.95USD $38.95
Book Description:

Translating Childhoods, a unique contribution to the study of immigrant youth, explores the "work" children perform as language and culture brokers. Children shoulder basic and more complicated verbal exchanges for non-English speaking adults. Readers hear, through children's own words, what it means be  the "keys to communication" that adults otherwise would lack. From ethnographic data and research, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana's study expands the definition of child...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Children's Studies
Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds



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