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OverviewIn Amdo, a region of eastern Tibet incorporated into mainland China, young children are being raised in a time of social change. In the first decades of the twenty-first century, Chinese state development policies are catalysing rural to urban migration, consolidating schooling in urban centres, and leading Tibetan farmers and nomads to give up their traditional livelihoods. As a result, children face increasing pressure to adopt the state's official language of Mandarin. Amdo Lullaby charts the contrasting language socialisation trajectories of rural and urban children from one extended family, who are native speakers of a Tibetan language known locally as 'Farmer Talk'. By integrating a fine-grained analysis of everyday conversations and oral history interviews, linguistic anthropologist Shannon M. Ward examines the forms of migration and resulting language contact that contribute to Farmer Talk's unique grammatical structures, and that shape Amdo Tibetan children's language choices. This analysis reveals that young children are not passively abandoning their mother tongue for standard Mandarin, but instead are reformatting traditional Amdo Tibetan cultural associations among language, place, and kinship as they build their peer relationships in everyday play. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shannon WardPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781487558666ISBN 10: 148755866 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 21 November 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Narrative and Transcription Conventions Introduction 1. Local Histories and Language Variation in Amdo 2. The Grammar of Belonging: Spatial Deixis in Situated Family Interaction 3. Socializing Compassion: Buddhist Theories of Emotion and Relationality in the Production of Social Difference 4. Learning Standard Language Ideologies: Education Policy and Colonial Alienation between the Homeland and the City 5. Reading in the City: Literacy as Belonging in Urban China Conclusion Appendix: Annotated Transcripts Notes Glossary References IndexReviews""Shannon M. Ward's delightful ethnography on Tibetan children's language socialization in rural and urban language contexts is an important contribution to the literature on language socialization, language ideology, and a much-needed exploration of the role children play in the vitality of heritage languages. Amdo Lullaby deftly balances fine-grained linguistic analysis with ethnographic contextualization to present insights into the agency children exhibit as they create emergent Tibetan cultural worlds. This book is a must-read for those interested in language shift and childhood language acquisition and learning.""--Bernard C. Perley, Director of the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia ""Amdo Lullaby draws readers into an intimate and sobering portrait of rural Tibetan communities in China, who raise children in their rich language and cultural practices in the face of state suppression of minority languages. Like an epic film Ward documents rural children happily speaking exquisite Amdo Tibetan with peers until forced to board at Mandarin schools. Parallel scenes follow young urban Tibetan children speaking Mandarin and even English, becoming ever more detached from Tibetan life worlds.""--Elinor Ochs, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles ""This fine-grained linguistic ethnography exquisitely presents a portrait of language socialization of Amdo Tibetan children navigating their social identities through everyday language use amidst the assimilationist political policies and urban/ rural inequalities that have promoted a major community language shift. Ward's compelling literary style deftly weaves a seamless narrative that meticulously details cultural, historic, and political contexts, richly documents captivating language data, and provides compelling critical theoretical insights.""--Perry Gilmore, Professor Emerita, University of Arizona and University of Alaska Fairbanks Author InformationShannon M. Ward is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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