Teresa L McCarty

Gebundenes Buch

Language Planning and Policy in Native America

History, Theory, PRAXIS

Beschreibung

This book examines the history of language policy by and for Native Americans, and contemporary language revitalization initiatives. The book explores innovative language regenesis projects, the role of Indigenous youth in language reclamation, and prospects for Native American language and culture continuance.

Autor

Teresa L. McCarty is the George F. Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alice Wiley Snell Professor Emerita of Education Policy Studies at Arizona State University. An educational anthropologist and applied linguist, she has worked with Indigenous education programs throughout North America. Her books include A Place To Be Navajoâ"Rough Rock and the Struggle for Self-Determination in Indigenous Schooling (2002); Language, Literacy, and Power in Schooling (2005); 'To Remain an Indian' Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education (with K. T. Lomawaima, 2006), and Ethnography and Language Policy (Routledge, 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Channel View Publications
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 147mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781847698636
• ISBN-10: 1847698638
• Artikelnr.: 46603027