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ERIC Number: EJ1347502
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0167-8507
EISSN: EISSN-1613-3684
Transnational Identities, Being and Belonging: The Diverse Home Literacies of Multilingual Immigrant Families
Taylor-Leech, Kerry
Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, v41 n5 p591-609 Sep 2022
This paper uses a transnational lens to discuss findings from a longitudinal study of the home literacy practices of linguistically diverse immigrant families. The paper draws on the experiences of three families to show how literacy events and practices index and mediate immigrants' identities as they settle into the host community. Observations, interviews, and family members' own documentation of their home literacies revealed the richness and complexity of the families' linguistic repertoires. Using Levitt and Schiller's distinction between ways of being and ways of belonging, the paper focuses on the role of everyday literacies in the families' lives and on how critical events at home and abroad shaped family members' identities as they navigated their new lives. The paper offers insights into the role of multilingual literacies in the settlement process and draws attention to the significance of literacy practices in shaping immigrants' transnationalism.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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