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Publication Date: 2014
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The Pedagogy of Visibility: Constructs and Contests of Iranianness in a Community-Organized School in a Large Southern U.S. City
Shirazi, Roozbeh
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, v8 n2 p108-124 2014
This article highlights how a community-organized language school that teaches Persian serves as a site of diasporic cultural production. Specifically, I examine how the school serves as a site to teach the Persian language, delimit cultural meanings, and facilitate a sense of belonging and community membership among a diverse group of parents and children. This study also endeavors to situate the views of parents, teachers, and students in this exploratory case study within a larger history of diasporic Iranian experience in the United States. In doing so, the analysis shows that community education efforts remain vital to the understanding and exploration of notions of identity and culture that may be socially contested and produced within diasporic communities.
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Second Language Instruction, Heritage Education, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Cultural Centers, Focus Groups, Islamic Culture, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Inclusion, Role of Religion, Student Attitudes, Urban Areas, Immigrants, Student Diversity, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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