ERIC Number: EJ1055262
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
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Education and the Production of Diasporic Citizens in El Salvador
Dyrness, Andrea; Sepúlveda, Enrique, III
Harvard Educational Review, v85 n1 p108-131 Spr 2015
In this article, Dyrness and Sepúlveda argue that in El Salvador, young people are participants in a diasporic social imaginary that connects them with Salvadorans and other Latinos in the United States--before they have ever left the country. The authors explore how this transnational relationship manifests in two school communities in San Salvador: a private school long recognized as a gateway to the elite and a public school serving one of the most violent and impoverished urban marginalized communities in San Salvador. Focusing on two different contexts of socialization--"homeboy" expressive culture and school-based English instruction--they argue that both groups of students were experiencing contradictory forces of cultural socialization that are characteristic of the diaspora.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hispanic Americans, Private Schools, Violence, Poverty, Public Schools, Advantaged, Socialization, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immigrants, Public Policy, Financial Support, International Cooperation, Ethnography, Civil Rights, Juvenile Gangs, Undocumented Immigrants, Youth, Self Concept, Researchers, Student Attitudes, Language Usage, Cultural Influences, Interviews, Language of Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: El Salvador; United States
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