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- Title
Framing language reclamation programmes for everybody's empowerment.
- Authors
Leonard, Wesley Y.
- Abstract
Although indigenous language reclamation programmes can empower their participants, they can also inhibit those who do not identify with the cultural values or practices that these programmes promote. I theorize that this occurs because 'reclamation' programmes evoke an essentialist notion of culture whereby participants feel pressure to act, think or speak in certain ways, particularly those that are deemed to be 'traditional'. However, since participants have also been socialized into the norms of the dominant society, various identity conflicts can arise. This paper investigates this issue through the example of how gender roles are manifested, understood and promoted in the context of Miami language reclamation programmes. I demonstrate how inhibition can arise in the context of these efforts, locate this phenomenon in larger issues of identity and indigenous language reclamation, and conclude with proposals for how reclamation programmes can be framed differently so that they can empower the entire target community.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE &; languages; SOCIALIZATION; MIAMI language (Ind. &; Okla.); AUTHENTIC assessment; GENDER differences (Psychology); CULTURAL values; GROUP identity in literature
- Publication
Gender & Language, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 2, p339
- ISSN
1747-6321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/genl.v6i2.339