ISBN:
9780805841534
,
9781410607560 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
198 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781410607560
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
404.2
Keywords:
Soziale Identität
;
Zweisprachigkeit
;
Rückwanderer
;
Narrativität
;
Japan
Abstract:
This book examines the changing linguistic and cultural identities of bilingual students through the narratives of four Japanese returnees (kikokushijo) as they spent their adolescent years in North America and then returned to Japan to attend university. As adolescents, these students were polarized toward one language and culture over the other, but through a period of difficult readjustment in Japan they became increasingly more sophisticated in negotiating their identities and more appreciative of their hybrid selves. Kanno analyzes how educational institutions both in thei...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
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