The Role of Japanese as a Heritage Language in Constructing Ethnic Identity among Hapa Japanese Canadian Children

Autor/in	Noro, Hiroko
Titel	The Role of Japanese as a Heritage Language in Constructing Ethnic Identity among Hapa Japanese Canadian Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 30 (2009) 1, S.1-18 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Identification (Psychology); Cultural Background; Multiracial Persons; Asians; Foreign Countries; Japanese; Language Role; Heritage Education; Native Language Instruction; Family Environment; Language Proficiency; Bilingualism; Second Language Learning; Language Tests; Interviews; Mothers; Self Concept; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Mischling; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Japaner; Japanisch; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Familienmilieu; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language test; Sprachtest; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mother; Mutter; Selbstkonzept; Kanada
Abstract	Today, Japanese Canadians are marrying outside of their ethnic community at an unprecedented rate, resulting in the creation of a newly identifiable group of "Japanese Canadians" borne from these interracial unions. Members of this emergent group are increasingly being referred to both by social scientists and self-referentially as "Hapa". This term, originally a Hawaiian term, is now a common and empowering tool of self-identification for people of mixed ethnic heritage. Recent sociological research argues that, while the notion of a shared "Hapa" identity exists, it is less rooted in individual members' physical appearance or cultural identification and more rooted in their experiences, parental upbringing, and the locality/environment in which they grew up. (Contains 12 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10