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Direct linkMcGinnis, Theresa A. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2009
In this article, I add to the critique of the myth of the American Dream by examining ethnographically the ways its dominant discourse is circulated to Khmer American middle school children of migratory agricultural workers. Drawing on social theories of discourse, I juxtapose the ideology embedded in the American Dream Discourse with the…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Agricultural Laborers, Democratic Values, Social Theories
