Zozan Balci

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers fresh perspectives on why some second-generation migrants embrace, reject, or negotiate their heritage languages. It also critiques the harmful consequences of "passing" within homogenous constructs and highlights the broader implications for diversity, hybridity, and multilingualism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9781032873121
• ISBN-10: 1032873124
• Artikelnr.: 73333381

Autorenporträt

Zozan Balci is an award-winning sociolinguist and academic at the University of Technology Sydney. Born in Germany to immigrant parents, her experiences shape her work on language, identity, and migration. Her research focuses on advancing inclusivity and belonging, especially for those who have been ethnically minoritised.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Day in the life of the Ethnically Ambiguous 2. The Ghosts of Our Past:
Conceptualising Heritage as Capital 3. Eternal In-Betweeners: Narratives
and Lived Experiences of Hybrid Identity 4. Of Wogs, White-Washing, Turbans
and a Black Miss Japan: Race and Visibility 5. Bourdieu with a Side of
Garlic Sauce: Not to Speak is to Speak 6. A Generation that Could Change
the World - If We Let Them