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Publication details [#43135]

Pavlenko, Aneta. 2005. ‘Ask Each Pupil About Her Methods of Cleaning’: Ideologies of Language and Gender in Americanisation Instruction (1900–1924). International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (4) : 275–297.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | identity negotiation | ideology | immigrant

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses the complex relationship between language ideologies, gender and identity during the Americanisation movement (1900–1924) in the USA. It is argued that the ‘hidden curriculum’ of this movement singled out immigrant women (especially mothers) for specific types of English instruction.