Maternal Perceptions of Agency in Intergenerational Transmission of Spanish: The Case of Latinos in the U.S. Midwest

Autor/in	Velázquez, Isabel
Titel	Maternal Perceptions of Agency in Intergenerational Transmission of Spanish: The Case of Latinos in the U.S. Midwest
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 13 (2014) 3, S.135-152 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1080/15348458.2014.919806
Schlagwörter	Mother Attitudes; Spanish; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Bilingualism; Language Acquisition; Parent Role; Language Maintenance; Barriers; Empowerment; Parent Child Relationship; Children; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Attitudes; Interviews; Nebraska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mutterliebe; Spanisch; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bilingualismus; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Parental role; Elternrolle; Sprachpflege; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This article examines the ways in which a group of first-generation Latino immigrants to the U.S. Midwest conceptualized their role in their children's bilingual development. Respondents were asked to identify the individuals or institutions on which their children's language and academic development depended, as well as household practices perceived as conducive to Spanish maintenance, and perceived obstacles to their children's use of Spanish in the domains of home, school, and community. Discussion centers on maternal perceptions of agency because of the centrality of the mother in intergenerational minority language transmission. It is argued here that immigrant mothers' perceptions of agency are impacted by several factors. Among them: the experience of migration, the power imbalance created when their children are more fluent than the parents are in the majority language and culture, and finally, by the negotiation of ideological tensions between members of intra-community Latino networks of solidarity and the community at large. (As Provided).
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