A New Language, A New World

Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945

• Author(s): Nancy C. Carnevale,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 243
• ISBN_10: 0252034031
  ISBN_13: 9780252034039
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / United States / General , History / United States / 20th Century , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , History / Social History , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural , Social Science / Emigration & Immigration , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American Studies , SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... An examination of Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one immigrant group's experience with language in America. Incorporating the interdisciplinary literature on language within a historical framework, Nancy C. Carnevale illustrates the complexity of the topic of language in American immigrant life. By looking at language from the perspectives of both immigrants and the dominant culture as well as their interaction, this book reveals the role of language in the formation of ethnic identity and the often coercive context within which immigrants must negotiate this process.