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Stepping beyond Sí Se Puede: Dichos as a Cultural Resource in Mother—Daughter Interaction in a Latino Family
Author(s) -
EspinozaHerold Mariella
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.3.260
Subject(s) - daughter , immigration , psychological resilience , sociology , ethnography , educational attainment , perspective (graphical) , gender studies , resource (disambiguation) , psychology , social psychology , economic growth , political science , anthropology , computer network , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , economics
This mother—daughter case study focuses on a key feature of discourse within a Mexican immigrant family that links oral traditions to resilience and motivation. I combine observations from a previous ethnographic study with recent follow‐up interviews of a Mexican immigrant student building on a funds of knowledge framework and an ecological perspective. Expanding on current mother—daughter pedagogic theory, I map “dichos” as they are emblematic of cultural funds of knowledge and how they assume a relationship to resistance and academic attainment for a young Mexican immigrant. The findings challenge the notion that working‐class Latino families do not care about the educational fortunes of their youth and lack knowledge and resources to guide their children academically.