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Ranchero identity construction by U.S. born Mexicans on Facebook

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7323558
AutoresM Sidury Christiansen (0000-0001-7302-2663, The University of Texas at San Antonio U.S.A, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen19
Número5
Páginas688-702
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12155
OpenAlexW2218260197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas15

This study describes how transnational second‐generation Mexican bilinguals use a stigmatized variety of Mexican Spanish to communicate on Facebook and construct an identity. The stereotyped features of this variety index a ranchero identity. Historically, ranchero is an ambivalent identity for Mexican society in general. On the one hand, ranchero culture is a positive reminiscence of Mexico's agrarian past, while on the other, rancheros , along with indigenous Mexicans, are at the bottom of the hierarchy in Mexican society. A discourse‐centered, ethnographic analysis of digitally mediated conversations demonstrates how language use allows participants to reminisce about their collective past, maintain Mexican identities tied to their ancestors, fit their identities to contemporary U.S. Mexican culture, and distance themselves from the stigma associated with the ranchero background

Aesthetics · Ethnography · Ethnology · Identity (music · Indigenous · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Anthropology · Digital Communication and Language · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Social Media and Politics