Composing Her Growing Identities as a Mexican American

Authors

Xiaodi Zhou, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2022

Abstract

This article studies the growing and changing cultural identifications of one early adolescent Mexican American girl as represented by her engagements with literacy. Her writing behaviors in particular manifested a changing cultural identity that reacted to and represented her response to a changing world. Her bilingualism and biculturalism manifested a dialogic innervation of distinct voices and truths, particularly set in the Trump-era United States. Through a theoretical framework of cultural hybridity and bordered identity, this study analyzes the complex linguistic, developmental, and cultural identities of a young Mexican American woman in the rural South.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0022057420972047

Recommended Citation

Zhou, X. (2022). Composing Her Growing Identities as a Mexican American. Journal of Education, 202(3), 296-310. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022057420972047

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Publication Title

Journal of Education

DOI

10.1177/0022057420972047