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Language, Immigration and Labor

Negotiating Work in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Elise M. DuBord

    1. University of Northern Iowa, USA

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Part of the book series: Language and Globalization (LAGL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Social Context of Language Contact in the Informal Economy

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Regulation of Immigration and Language

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 26-60

  4. “If I knew the language, don’t think that I would be here”: Shifting Understandings of the Linguistic Capital of English

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 61-87

  5. Solidarity, Rapport, and Co-membership: Employers’ Hiring Practices

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 88-118

  6. Performing the Good Worker

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 119-155

  7. Conceptualizing Intercultural Communication

    • Elise M. DuBord
    Pages 156-165

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 166-184
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About this book

This book explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers in Arizona. It examines the value of speaking English in this context and the dynamics of intercultural communication in fast-paced job negotiations.

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“This book effectively illustrates the daily life of a social group that needs to navigate language in order to successfully gain admission into the setting they seek to enter, and provides important insights into how day labourers think and act in order to work effectively in a society … . All in all, this work gives the day labourers a voice in American society, demonstrating the power of using critical approaches to research, particularly critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis.” (Michael R. Scott, Discourse & Society, Vol. 28 (2), 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern Iowa, USA

    Elise M. DuBord

About the author

Elise DuBord is Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Northern Iowa, USA. Her research interests include intercultural language contact, critical race theory, language policy, and community-based learning.

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