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"What a glorious book! Language and social identities are indeed complex, and this book points out the depth of this complexity in both beautiful and touching ways."
–Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts"A fascinating and inspiring tour, a marvelous polyglot display of the rich complexities, even contradictions, that accompany language learning and identity formations."
–Keith Gilyard, The Pennsylvania State University
"An immensely rich and absorbing book which contains intensely personal narratives that help to illuminate the struggles and rewards of language learning and the many ways in which language and identity are intertwined."
–Maria Mazziotti Gillan,co-editor,
Unsettling America, Identity Lessons, and Growing Up Ethnic in America
This vivid collection explores the fascinating connections between language use, language learning, and one’s cultural identity. The essays, many of them by well-known writers, represent a diversity of cultures, ages, and nationalities, making the wide range of viewpoints they present both entertaining and instructional. It is an essential read in a multicultural world.
Contributors: Mimi Bluestone, Sharon Shelton Colangelo, Susan Driscoll, Elizabeth Dykman, Margie English, Stephanie Hart, George Jochnowitz, Christina Kotchemidova, Carolina Mancuso, Rita E. Negrón Maslanek, Doug Millison, Watson R. Millison, Raimundo Mora, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Myrna Nieves, Elizabeth Nuñez, Linda Petrucelli, David Rodgers, Fredy Amilcar Roncalla, Robert Roth, Ruby Sprott, Verena Stefan, Susan Stocker, Cora Acebrón Tolosa, Pramila Venkateswaran"
