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<div class="gmail_quote">Multilingual Identities in a Global City: London Stories<br>Series Title: Language and Globalization<br>Published: 2008<br>Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan<br> <a href="http://www.palgrave.com/" target="_blank">http://www.palgrave.com</a><br>
<br>Book URL: <a href="http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280695" target="_blank">http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280695</a><br><br>Author: David Block<br>Paperback: ISBN: 9780230554344 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 19.99<br>
Abstract:<br><br>NEW EDITION<br><br>'This book is an important contribution to the study of transnational<br>migrants...Most importantly, it raises provocative questions about the<br>nature and functioning of multilingual societies and identities and<br>
illustrates the usefulness of life stories as a way of investigating new<br>migrant communities...offers a beautiful tribute to the author's new<br>adopted city and an engaging, informative, and thought-provoking study that<br>
will be of interest to a variety of readers interested in migration,<br>globalization, multilingualism, and identity construction.' - Discourse &<br>Communication<br><br>Multilingual Identities in a Global City: London Stories is an in-depth<br>
study of the linguistic, national, ethnic, social class and gendered<br>identities of individuals living in London at the beginning of the<br>twenty-first century. The book begins with a thorough discussion of key<br>concepts such as globalization, migration, multiculturalism, identity, the<br>
global city and the history of migration to Britain and London. Through a<br>detailed examination of four diverse groups - Japanese graduate students,<br>French foreign-language teachers, Spanish-speaking Latinos and second<br>
generation British Asian university students - it explores the ambivalent<br>and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical<br>and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes.<br>
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