Language, Immigration And Labor: Negotiating Work In The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Language And Globalization)

This book explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers in Arizona. It examines the value of speaking English in this context and the dynamics of intercultural communication in fast-paced job negotiations.

• • Author: E. DuBord
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Oct 28, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 195 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137301015
• • ISBN-13: 9781137301017