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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><PRE>Title: Invisible Work<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Subtitle: Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing in intermarried <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>families<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Series Title: IMPACT, Studies in Language and Society, 12<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Publication Year: 2002<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Publisher: John Benjamins<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Book URL: <A href="http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Impact_12"><FONT color=#cc0000>http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Impact_12</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE> <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Author: Toshie<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Okita <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><o:p> </o:p></PRE><PRE>Hardback: ISBN: 90 272 1847 1, Pages: x, 275 pp., Price: EUR 85.00<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Comment: Rest of World<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Hardback: ISBN: 1 58811 106 7, Pages: x, 275 pp., Price: USD 77.00<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Comment: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Abstract:<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>John Benjamins Publishing would like to announce the publication of<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>the following title in the field of Bilingualism: Invisible<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Work: Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing in intermarried<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>families by Toshie Okita, <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Cambridge</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><o:p> </o:p></PRE><PRE>There is growing recognition that "context" is important for bilingual<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>language development, but understanding of that context remains<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>underdeveloped. This innovative study, spanning the fields of<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>bilingualism, ethnicity and family studies, shows how language use in<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>intermarried families is deeply intertwined with the experience of<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>everyday childrearing, in specific socio-historical contexts. This is<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>why, despite good intentions, expert advice and effort,<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>bilingual-child rearing often encounters difficulties. Conversely,<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>drawing on in-depth interviews of twenty eight Japanese mother -<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>British father families in the <st1:country-region><st1:place>UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the study uses a focus on language<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>issues to portray actual childrearing dynamics and "situated<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>ethnicity" in intermarried families. Presenting a vivid picture of the<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>"invisible work" of mothers in these families, and how they attempt to<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>resolve conflicting pressures and demands over childrearing, language<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>and education, the author shows the importance of "recognition" and<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>shared responsibility. This book will interest researchers,<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>practitioners and parents interested in bilingualism, ethnically<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>diverse families and multicultural education.<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Subject Language(s):English, Japanese<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><o:p> </o:p></PRE><PRE>Written In:English<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></PRE><SPAN
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