Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage - Language, Identity Belonging in Lives of Cultural In Betweeners

This book offers fresh perspectives on why some second-generation migrants embrace, reject, or negotiate their heritage languages. It also critiques the harmful consequences of "passing" within homogenous constructs and highlights the broader implications for diversity, hybridity, and multilingualism.

List of contents

1. A Day in the life of the Ethnically Ambiguous 2. The Ghosts of Our Past: Conceptualising Heritage as Capital 3. Eternal In-Betweeners: Narratives and Lived Experiences of Hybrid Identity 4. Of Wogs, White-Washing, Turbans and a Black Miss Japan: Race and Visibility 5. Bourdieu with a Side of Garlic Sauce: Not to Speak is to Speak 6. A Generation that Could Change the World - If We Let Them

About the author

Zozan Balci is an award-winning sociolinguist and academic at the University of Technology Sydney. Born in Germany to immigrant parents, her experiences shape her work on language, identity, and migration. Her research focuses on advancing inclusivity and belonging, especially for those who have been ethnically minoritised.

Product details

• Authors: Zozan Balci
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032873121
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287312-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, History, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, HISTORY / Social History, Sociolinguistics, Humanities, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General