Shame And Pride In Narrative: Mexican Women's Language Experiences At The U.S.-Mexico Border (Palgrave Pivot)

This book analyzes personal experiences of language through the voices of Mexican immigrant women, in relation to the racialization discourses that frame the social life of Mexican immigrant communities in the United States. It reveals the power of narrative, understood as a social practice, to validate and give meaning to people's lives.

• • Author: Ana Maria Relaño Pastor
• • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• • Publication Date: Jan 31, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 132 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137348585
• • ISBN-13: 9781137348586