Book contents
- Literacies of Migration
- Literacies of Migration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword: Reimagining Sociological and Political Brilliance in the Languaging Practices of Youth
- Foreword: A Courageous Conversation on Blackness, Language, and Immigration Centering the Biographical and Autobiographical
- Acknowledgments and Dedication
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why ‘New Model Minority’ Youth?
- 3 Afro-Caribbean Languaging, Englishes, and Literacies of Migration across the Black Diaspora
- 4 Conceptualizing Translanguaging in Black Immigrant Literacies
- 5 Methodologically Examining Black Immigrant Literacies
- 6 Translanguaging Imaginaries of Innocence
- 7 Reinscribing Lost Imaginaries of Semiolingual Innocence
- Afterword: Imagining Pedagogical Possibilities beyond Normative Educational Perspectives
- Notes
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Looking through the Lens of Black Immigrant Literacies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2024
- Literacies of Migration
- Literacies of Migration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword: Reimagining Sociological and Political Brilliance in the Languaging Practices of Youth
- Foreword: A Courageous Conversation on Blackness, Language, and Immigration Centering the Biographical and Autobiographical
- Acknowledgments and Dedication
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why ‘New Model Minority’ Youth?
- 3 Afro-Caribbean Languaging, Englishes, and Literacies of Migration across the Black Diaspora
- 4 Conceptualizing Translanguaging in Black Immigrant Literacies
- 5 Methodologically Examining Black Immigrant Literacies
- 6 Translanguaging Imaginaries of Innocence
- 7 Reinscribing Lost Imaginaries of Semiolingual Innocence
- Afterword: Imagining Pedagogical Possibilities beyond Normative Educational Perspectives
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
In this introductory chapter, an invitation is provided to begin a journey into the intricacies of Black Caribbean immigrant literacies through the use of Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as exceptional Black imaginaries already inscribed in the world. Through the adept depiction of racialization and transracialization steeped in the Black experience in the US as juxtaposed against the notion of Black immigrants as a ‘model minority,’ the necessity for examining race in relation to the languaging and semiotizing of Black Caribbean immigrants is outlined. Presenting a brief overview of the emerging global project focused on racialized language, this chapter lays the groundwork for the painting of a compelling portrait of the holistic literacies of Black Caribbean immigrant youth. By signaling the attention to an ultimate positioning of flourishing as a necessary imperative for and alternative to rethinking literacies based on ‘success,’ the chapter concludes with a focus on solidarity between Black Caribbean and other populations as a key impetus for this work.
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- Literacies of MigrationTranslanguaging Imaginaries of Innocence, pp. 1 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024