Beyond Yellow English: Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Asian Pacific America (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

Beyond Yellow English is the first edited volume to examine issues of language, identity, and culture among the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American (A.P.A.) population. The distinguished contributors-who represent a broad range of perspectives from anthropology, sociolinguistics, English, and education-focus on the analysis of spoken interaction and explore multiple facets of the A.P.A. experience. Authors cover topics such as media representations of A.P.A.s; codeswitching and language crossing; and narratives of ethnic identity. The collection examines the experiences of Asian Pacific Americans of different ethnicities, generations, ages, and geographic locations across home, school, community, and performance sites.