Can I read Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom : Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States on EtoBox?

Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom : Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States by Mneesha Gellman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom : Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States about?

Mneesha Gellman examines how Indigenous high school students resist assimilation and assert their identities through access to Indigenous language classes in public schools. She contends that this access to Indigenous language instruction in secondary schooling provides them tools and strategies for civic, social, and political participation. Public school classrooms around the world have the power to shape and transform youth culture and identity. In this book, Mneesha Gellman examines how Indigenous high school students resist assimilation and assert their identities through access to Indigenous language classes in public schools. Drawing on ethnographic accounts, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and surveys, Gellman’s fieldwork examines and compares the experiences of students in Yurok language courses in Northern California and Zapotec courses in Oaxaca, Mexico. She contends that this access to Indigenous language instruction in secondary schooling serves as an arena for Indigenous students to develop their sense of identity and agency, and provides them tools and strategies for civic, social, and political participation, sometimes in unexpected ways. Showcasing young peop

Who reads Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom : Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States?

Author

Mneesha Gellman

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812298635

Category

nonfiction