Language Socialization in Chinese Diasporas: Indexicality of Confucian Ideologies in Family Talk (Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis)

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Synopsis
The monograph provides ethnographically informed analyses of indigenous kin interactions in three Chinese diasporic households in the county of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Drawing upon the approach that regards talk as a form of social practice, the book demonstrates different ways in which kin relationships are indigenously orchestrated by foreign Chinese parents and their American-born children. Micro-analytically, social actions of membership categorization, attribution, deference, compliance, commands, and story-telling that unfold in kin interactions are foregrounded as key language devices to discuss ways in which epistemic asymmetry, power hierarchy, and harmony in kin relations are constructed or deconstructed in Chinese diasporic social lives. By way of illustration, the monograph, macro-analytically, speaks to the cultural stereotype of Chinese immigrant/foreign parents’ style of parenting when they pass on the traditional Confucian ideologies in kin interaction. This book can be a useful reference textbook for graduate courses that address the dynamic intricacy among language, culture, and society.
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
194 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000434224
Related ISBNs:
9781032028668, 9781003185567, 9781032028675
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Hsin-fu Chiu
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Language Arts, Communication, Foreign Language Study
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Bookshare Staff
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