Puerto Rican experiences of language, race, and class
Author: Bonnie Urciuoli
ISBN: 0813318300
Puerto Ricans in the United States, like other migrant minorities, face an array of linguistic judgments. They are told they don't succeed because they don't speak English. They are told their English is "impure" or "broken" because it has been "mixed" with Spanish. They are told that they sound inarticulate and that if they speak "correct" English, with no sign of Spanish influencemost particularly with no accent, they will get better jobs. In short, Puerto Ricans in the United States are told that the origins of their economic and social problems are linguistic and can be remedied through personal effort, when in fact their fundamental problems stem from racial and class exclusion.Concepts like "mixed" or "broken" languages, and "good" and "bad" English are cultural constructions and therefore are about more than language. In the Puerto Rican experience of devaluation and prejudice in the United States, the institutionalization of racial exclusion and class location are mapped onto E
Publisher: Westview Press
Publish Date: 1996
Subjects: Ethnic groups, New York (N.Y.), Prejudices, Puerto Ricans/ New York (State)/ New York/ Languages, Puerto Ricans/ New York (State)/ New York/ Social conditions, Puerto Ricans, Sociolinguistics/ New York (State)/ New York, Sociolinguistics, Business & Economics / Industries / Media & Communications Industries, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural, Social Science / Minority Studies, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations
This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Latinx/Chicanx American (LCXA))