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“All Colors and Hues”: An Autoethnography of a Multiethnic Family's Strategies for Bilingualism and Multiculturalism
Author(s) -
Kennedy Kimberley D.,
Romo Harriett D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00742.x
Subject(s) - autoethnography , neuroscience of multilingualism , multiculturalism , heritage language , sociology , ideology , gender studies , participant observation , ethnic group , pedagogy , psychology , social science , political science , anthropology , neuroscience , politics , law
This two‐year autoethnographic action research study explores the processes a multiethnic/multiracial family uses to maintain their children's heritage language of Spanish and the family's multiculturalism. Data sources (including interviews and participant observations in the home and the dual‐language school) specifically focus on the eldest child, Nelia, from her kindergarten and first‐grade years where she attended a public dual‐language program. The findings illuminate the integral link between the family's ideology toward valuing bilingualism and the necessity of school support.