Refugee Resettlement in the United States : : Language, Policy, Pedagogy / / ed. by Emily M. Feuerherm, Vaidehi Ramanathan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Camps, Diana M.J.,; Feuerherm, Emily M.,; Fredricks, Daisy E.,; Leymarie, Cassie D.,; Loring, Ariel,; Ludwig, Bernadette,; Ramanathan, Vaidehi,; Shapiro, Shawna,; Shrestha, Tina,; Tyeklar, Nora,; Warriner, Doris,
• HerausgeberIn: Feuerherm, Emily M.,; Ramanathan, Vaidehi,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what 'refugee' and 'resettlement' mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight: the intersections of language education and refugee resettlement from community-based adult programs to elementary school classrooms; the language (of) resettlement policies and politics in the United States at both the national level and at the local level focusing on the agencies and organizations that support refugees; the discursive constructions of refugee-hood that are promulgated through the media, resettlement agencies, and even the refugees themselves. This volume is highly relevant to current political debates of immigration, human rights, and education, and will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction to Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Language, Policies, Pedagogies -- Part 1: Defining Refugees through Policy and Practice -- 2. Positionings of Refugees, Aliens and Immigrants in the Media -- 3. The Different Meanings of the Word Refugee -- 4. Restraining English Instruction for Refugee Adults in the United States -- Part 2: Resettlement Practices and Effects on Education -- 5. Building a Participatory Program for Iraqi Refugee Women and Families: Negotiating Policies and Pedagogies -- 6. Learning English, Speaking Hindi: The Paradox of (Language) Integration Among Nepalis in the United States -- 7. A 'Slippery Slope' Toward 'Too Much Support'? Ethical Quandaries Among College Faculty/Staff Working with Refugee-Background Students -- 8. 'Talk English!' Refugee Youth and Policy Shaping in Restrictive Language Contexts -- 9. The US Refugee Resettlement Process: A Path to Self-Sufficiency or Marginalization? -- 10. Language as a Fund of Knowledge: The Case of Mama Rita and Implications for Refugee Policy -- Index