Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities

Framed by the theoretical work of Gloria Anzaldúa, this volume focuses on the cultural and linguistic practices of Mexican-origin youth at the U.S. border to explore how young people engage in acts of "bridging" to develop rich, transnational identities. Using a wealth of empirical data gathered through interviews and observations, and featuring perspectives from multinational and transnational authors, this text highlights how youth resist racialized and raciolinguistic oppression in both formal and informal contexts by purposefully engaging with their heritage culture and language. In doing so, they defy deficit narratives and negotiate identities in the "in-between." As a whole, the volume engages issues of identity, language, and education, and offers a uniquely asset-based perspective on the complexities of transnational youth identity, demonstrating its value in educational and academic spaces in particular. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in the sociology of education, multicultural education, and youth culture more broadly. Those interested in language and identity studies, as well as adolescence, schooling, and bilingualism, will also benefit from this volume.

G. Sue Kasun is Associate Professor of Language and Cultural Theory, Georgia State University, U.S. She is also the Director of the Center for Transnational & Multilingual Education. Irasema Mora-Pablo is Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Foreword Angela Valenzuela Introduction: When the Bridge Could Build Itself--Without Permission--Through Mexican-Origin Transnational Youth G. Sue Kasun and Irasema Mora-Pablo Part 1: Resistance, Language, and Identity Among Mexican-Origin Transnational Youth - Travesía and Resistance Across Borders. Achieving Nepantilism? Nelly Paulina Trejo Guzmán - Nepantla as Resistance for Transnational Youth in Northern MexicoSandra Candel - Nations Within Nations: The Heterogeneity of Mexican Transnationals of Indigenous Descent From Anzalduan LensesDavid Martínez-Prieto Part 2: Formal Schooling and Transnationalism From an Anzalduan Lens - Navigating Multiple Fronteras: The Transnational Experiences of Latina Second-Generation Immigrant College StudentsJaneth Martinez-Cortes - Language as Boundary, Language as Bridge: The Linguistic Paths of Children of Return Migrants in Mexican Schools as Reported by AdultsKathleen Tacelosky Part 3: Theorizing Transnationalism with Anzaldúa - Double Mestiza Consciousness: Aquí y AlláColette Despagne and Mónica Jacóbo-Suarez - It's All Gone South! Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Metonymy, Metaphor, and Mythologies to Understand the Language about Transnational YouthSteve Przymus and José Omar Serna Gutiérrez - Malinche's Move from Traitor to Survivor: Recasting Mexico's First Indigenous Woman to Reframe Mexican Origin Transnationals Returning HomeG. Sue Kasun and Irasema Mora-Pablo Conclusion: Expanding Transnational Bridges for a World Where Many Worlds Fit Irasema Mora-Pablo and G. Sue Kasun