What School You Went? Local Culture, Local Identity, and Local Language: Stories of Schooling in Hawai'i

Autor/in	Lum, Darrell H. Y.
Titel	What School You Went? Local Culture, Local Identity, and Local Language: Stories of Schooling in Hawai'i
Quelle	In: Educational Perspectives, 41 (2008) 1-2, S.6-16 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1849
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Ethnicity; Pidgins; Creoles; Local Norms; Influences; Educational Experience; Vignettes; Resistance to Change; Social Change; Cultural Context; Personal Narratives; Sociolinguistics; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Kreole; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Bildungserfahrung; Sozialer Wandel; Erlebniserzählung; Soziolinguistik
Abstract	In this article, the author explores local culture and local cultural practices in an attempt to understand the forces and influences that have affected the development of a local identity as well as the persistence of Pidgin (Hawai'i Creole) as its language. The author begins with an introductory discussion of themes that emerge in two short stories, (1) "What School You Went?"; and (2) "No Pass Back," narrated in Pidgin by a young narrator describing his school experiences during the 50s and 60s. The vignettes in the first story demonstrate the clear distinctions between the mainstream adult culture and that of the students. The second story "No Pass Back" is an exploration of power and resistance and of how change can occur from within a community. Together they paint a picture of local Hawai'i culture and of the narrator's growing understanding of his place in the world. The stories are fitting examples of the ways in which literature can illuminate the complexities of identity formation in the context of family, friends, classmates, and teachers. (Contains 11 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Wist Annex 2 Room 131, 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822. Tel: 808-956-8002; e-mail: coe@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://www.coe.hawaii.edu/research/ep
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10