Translating Childhoods - 9780813545226

Translating ChildhoodsImmigrant Youth, Language, and Culture\nAuthor(s): Marjorie Faulstich Orellana\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813545226, 978-0813545226\nSynopsis\nThough the dynamics of immigrant family life has gained attention from scholars, little is known about the younger generation, often considered \""invisible.\"" Translating Childhoods, a unique contribution to the study of immigrant youth, brings children to the forefront by exploring the \""work\"" they perform as language and culture brokers, and the impact of this largely unseen [url] in two vernaculars, children shoulder basic and more complicated verbal exchanges for non-English speaking adults. Readers hear, through children's own words, what it means be \""in the middle\"" or the \""keys to communication\"" that adults otherwise would lack. Drawing from ethnographic data and research in three immigrant communities, Marjorie Faulstic.