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Chapter 7. The Escondido swap meet

A place of covert resistance
  • Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia
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Abstract

The Spanish-speaking community in North County San Diego, a community comprised mostly of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanxs, but also of Guatemalans, Salvadorians, and Nicaraguans, are using language as a tool for resistance in the linguistic landscape of the Escondido Swap Meet. In this work, I consider how linguistic practices in the landscape are strategically used and how they compare to what it entails to be a speaker of a language that is considered undesired and has been racialized, but it is at the same time an asset to the local Spanish-speaking community, as it is used to maintain their linguistic roots, and resist linguistic oppression.

Abstract

The Spanish-speaking community in North County San Diego, a community comprised mostly of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanxs, but also of Guatemalans, Salvadorians, and Nicaraguans, are using language as a tool for resistance in the linguistic landscape of the Escondido Swap Meet. In this work, I consider how linguistic practices in the landscape are strategically used and how they compare to what it entails to be a speaker of a language that is considered undesired and has been racialized, but it is at the same time an asset to the local Spanish-speaking community, as it is used to maintain their linguistic roots, and resist linguistic oppression.

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