Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities: Bridging Culture, Language, and Schooling at the US-Mexican Border

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Framed by the theoretical work of Gloria Anzaldúa, this volume focuses on the cultural and linguistic practices of Mexican-origin youth at the U.S. border to explore how young people engage in acts of "bridging" to develop rich, transnational identities. Using a wealth of empirical data gathered through interviews and observations, and featuring perspectives from multinational and transnational authors, this text highlights how youth resist racialized and raciolinguistic oppression in both formal and informal contexts by purposefully engaging with their heritage culture and language. In doing so, they defy deficit narratives and negotiate identities in the "in-between." As a whole, the volume engages issues of identity, language, and education, and offers a uniquely asset-based perspective on the complexities of transnational youth identity, demonstrating its value in educational and academic spaces in particular. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in the sociology of education, multicultural education, and youth culture more broadly. Those interested in language and identity studies, as well as adolescence, schooling, and bilingualism, will also benefit from this volume. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations About the Editors Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: When the Bridge Could Build Itself—Without Permission—Through Mexican-Origin Transnational Youth Part 1 Resistance, Language, and Identity Among Mexican-Origin Transnational Youth 1 Travesía and Resistance Across Borders. Achieving Nepantilism? 2 Nepantla as Resistance for Transnational Youth in Northern Mexico 3 Nations Within Nations: The Heterogeneity of Mexican Transnationals of Indigenous Descent From Anzaldúan Lenses Part 2 Formal Schooling and Transnationalism From an Anzaldúan Lens 4 Navigating Multiple Fronteras: The Transnational Experiences of Latina Second-Generation Immigrant College Students 5 Language as Boundary, Language as Bridge: The Linguistic Paths of Children of Return Migrants in Mexican Schools as Reported by Adults Part 3 Theorizing Transnationalism With Anzaldúa 6 Double Mestiza Consciousness: Aquí y Allá 7 It’s All Gone South! Applying Anzaldúan Frameworks to Metonymy, Metaphor, and Mythologies to Understand the Language About Transnational Youth 8 Malinche’s Move From Traitor to Survivor: Recasting Mexico’s First Indigenous Woman to Reframe Mexican-Origin Transnationals Returning Home Conclusion: Expanding Transnational Bridges for a World Where Many Worlds Fit Index