Elaine W. Chun
List of John Benjamins publications for which Elaine W. Chun plays a role.
Articles
2009 Speaking like Asian immigrants: Intersections of accommodation and mocking at a U.S. high school Youth language at the intersection: From migration to globalization, Bucholtz, Mary and Elena Skapoulli (eds.), pp. 17–38 | Article
This article explores the relationship between immigrant and non-immigrant Asian American youth identities and the use of language to manage this relationship. Focusing on everyday interactions at a high school in Texas, the analysis examines how fluent English-speaking Korean and Filipino… read more
2004 Ideologies of legitimate mockery: Margaret Cho’s revoicings of mock Asian Relationality: Discursive constructions of Asian Pacific American identities, Lo, Adrienne and Angela Reyes (eds.), pp. 263–289 | Article
This article examines a Korean American comedian’s use of Mock Asian and the ideologies that legitimate this racializing style. These ideologies of legitimacy depend on assumptions about the relationship between communities, the authentication of a speaker’s community membership, and the nature of… read more