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“Westerners,” “Chinese,” and/or “Us”: Exploring the Intersections of Language, Race, Religion, and Immigrantization
Author(s) -
Han Huamei
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12047
Subject(s) - sociology , immigration , racism , ethnography , race (biology) , nationalism , gender studies , chinese americans , ethnic group , anthropology , politics , political science , law
Based on a four‐year ethnography, I draw on critical race theory and B ourdieuian theory of language to analyze why a C hinese I mmigrant couple regarded their 1.5‐ G eneration C hinese C anadian leaders at an evangelical C hristian church as “ W esterners,” and how the leaders differentiated themselves from “ W esterners” and “ C hinese/ I mmigrants.” I argue that language and race intersect in complicated ways to racialize Immigrants and their children differently, and linguistic nationalism as a form of structural racism permeates everyday interactions.