Pastor, Ana María Relaño,

Shame and pride in narrative : mexican women's language experiences at the U.S. Mexico Border [electronic resource] / by Ana María Relaño Pastor. - 128 pages : online resource.

This book analyzes personal experiences of language through the voices of Mexican immigrant women, in relation to the racialization discourses that frame the social life of Mexican immigrant communities in the United States. It reveals the power of narrative, understood as a social practice, to validate and give meaning to people's lives.

9781137348593

10.1057/9781137348593 doi


Social sciences.
Ethnology--Latin America.
Sociolinguistics.
Emigration and immigration.
Social Sciences.
Migration.
Sociolinguistics.
Latin American Culture.