Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p>