TY - JOUR
T1 - Stepping beyond Sí Se Puede
T2 - Dichos as a cultural resource in mother - Daughter interaction in a Latino family
AU - Espinoza-Herold, Mariella
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - This mother - daughter case study focuses on a key feature of discourse within a Mexican immigrant family that links oral traditions to resilience and motivation. I combine observations from a previous ethnographic study with recent follow-up interviews of a Mexican immigrant student building on a funds of knowledge framework and an ecological perspective. Expanding on current mother - daughter pedagogic theory, I map "dichos" as they are emblematic of cultural funds of knowledge and how they assume a relationship to resistance and academic attainment for a young Mexican immigrant. The findings challenge the notion that working-class Latino families do not care about the educational fortunes of their youth and lack knowledge and resources to guide their children academically.
AB - This mother - daughter case study focuses on a key feature of discourse within a Mexican immigrant family that links oral traditions to resilience and motivation. I combine observations from a previous ethnographic study with recent follow-up interviews of a Mexican immigrant student building on a funds of knowledge framework and an ecological perspective. Expanding on current mother - daughter pedagogic theory, I map "dichos" as they are emblematic of cultural funds of knowledge and how they assume a relationship to resistance and academic attainment for a young Mexican immigrant. The findings challenge the notion that working-class Latino families do not care about the educational fortunes of their youth and lack knowledge and resources to guide their children academically.
KW - Funds of knowledge
KW - Mexican immigrant family
KW - Parent involvement
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U2 - 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.3.260
DO - 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.3.260
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547655668
SN - 0161-7761
VL - 38
SP - 260
EP - 277
JO - Anthropology and Education Quarterly
JF - Anthropology and Education Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -