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Language, Immigration and Labor Language and Globalization Series Editors: Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK and Helen Kelly-Holmes, University of Limerick, Ireland. In the context of current political and social developments, where the national group is not so clearly defined and delineated, the state language not so clearly dominant in every domain, and cross-border flows and transfers affect more than a small elite, new patterns of language use will develop. The series aims to provide a framework for reporting on and analysing the linguistic outcomes of globalization and localization. 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Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basing- stoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England This page intentionally left blank Language, Immigration and Labor Negotiating Work in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Elise M. DuBord University of Northern Iowa, USA © Elise M. DuBord 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-30101-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author(s) has/have asserted his/her/their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-45336-8 ISBN 978-1-137-30102-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137301024 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data DuBord, Elise M., 1975– Language, Immigration and Labor : Negotiating Work in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / Elise M. DuBord. pages cm — (Language and Globalization) Summary: “Language, Immigration, and Labor explores dominant ideologies about citi- zenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immi- grants in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Focussing its ethnographic research on Arizona, a state that intensely regulates transnational migrants and Spanish speakers through its immigration and language policies, this book examines the realities of intercultural communication in fast-paced job negotiations between undocumented workers and their employers. The research reveals the ways that dominant discourses reverberate down to localized social and language practices and how day laborers respond by legitimating their participation in society—a kind of cultural citizenship—and constructing identities as language learners and productive workers.”— Provided by publisher. 1. Linguistic minorities—United States. 2. Language policies—United States. 3. Intercultural communication—United States. 4. Emigration and immigration— Social aspects. 5. Mexican American students—Language. 6. Mexico—Languages. 7. United States—Ethnic relations. I. Title. P119.32.U6D83 2014 306.44'973—dc23 2014025893 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1 The Social Context of Language Contact in the Informal Economy 1 2 The Regulation of Immigration and Language 26 3 “If I knew the language, don’t think I would be here”: Shifting Understandings of the Linguistic Capital of English 61 4 Solidarity, Rapport, and Co-membership: Employers’ Hiring Practices 88 5 Performing the Good Worker 119 6 Conceptualizing Intercultural Communication 156 Notes 166 References 172 Index 183 This page intentionally left blank List of Figures 6.1 Model of interpersonal contact from the perspective of A 163
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