Pandey, Iswari P,
South Asian in the mid-south migrations of literacies / [electronic resource] : Iswari P. Pandey. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into the South Asian community in Mid-South America to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding"-- "In an age of global anxiety and suspicion, South Asian immigrants juggle multiple cultural and literate traditions in Mid-South America. In this study Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into this community to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding at sites as varied as a Hindu school, a Hindu women's reading group, Muslim men's and women's discussion groups formed soon after 9/11, and cross-cultural presentations by these immigrants to the host communities and law enforcement agencies. Through more than seventy interviews, he reveals the migratory nature of literacies and the community work required to make these practices meaningful. Pandey addresses critical questions about language and cultural identity at a time of profound change. He examines how symbolic resources are invented and reinvented and circulated and recirculated within and across communities; the impact of English and new technologies on teaching, learning, and practicing ancestral languages; and how gender and religious identifications shape these practices. Overall, the book offers a thorough examination of the ways individuals use interpretive powers for agency within their own communities and for cross-cultural understanding in a globalizing world and what these practices mean for our understanding of that world"--
9780822981022 0822981025
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy.
Sociolinguistics--South America.
Language and culture--South America.
Literacy--South America.
South Asians--Social life and customs.--South America
South Asians--Migrations.
Linguistic minorities--South America.
Electronic books.
P40.5.L562 / S63 2015
306.44
South Asian in the mid-south migrations of literacies / [electronic resource] : Iswari P. Pandey. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into the South Asian community in Mid-South America to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding"-- "In an age of global anxiety and suspicion, South Asian immigrants juggle multiple cultural and literate traditions in Mid-South America. In this study Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into this community to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding at sites as varied as a Hindu school, a Hindu women's reading group, Muslim men's and women's discussion groups formed soon after 9/11, and cross-cultural presentations by these immigrants to the host communities and law enforcement agencies. Through more than seventy interviews, he reveals the migratory nature of literacies and the community work required to make these practices meaningful. Pandey addresses critical questions about language and cultural identity at a time of profound change. He examines how symbolic resources are invented and reinvented and circulated and recirculated within and across communities; the impact of English and new technologies on teaching, learning, and practicing ancestral languages; and how gender and religious identifications shape these practices. Overall, the book offers a thorough examination of the ways individuals use interpretive powers for agency within their own communities and for cross-cultural understanding in a globalizing world and what these practices mean for our understanding of that world"--
9780822981022 0822981025
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy.
Sociolinguistics--South America.
Language and culture--South America.
Literacy--South America.
South Asians--Social life and customs.--South America
South Asians--Migrations.
Linguistic minorities--South America.
Electronic books.
P40.5.L562 / S63 2015
306.44