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Decentering Americanness: Transnational Youth Experiences of Recognition and Belonging in Two U.S. High Schools
Author(s) -
Shirazi Roozbeh
Publication year - 2018
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.12240
Subject(s) - conversation , sociology , participant observation , qualitative research , ethnography , pedagogy , gender studies , sociology of education , media studies , social science , anthropology , communication
This qualitative study examines how notions of sociopolitical membership and belonging are constructed in conversations about cultural difference. Drawing upon nine months of participant observation, informal conversation, and interviews with transnational youth at two U.S. high schools during the 2013–2014 academic year, my analysis highlights classroom conversations in which notions of “us” and “them” are delimited. These exchanges reveal tensions over the epistemic authority of teachers and how inquiry spaces of the classroom are constructed.