Racialization of the Bilingual Student in Higher Education: A Case from the Peruvian Andes

A Lecture by Dr. Virginia Zavala of Peru

Monday, October 18, 2010 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
SUB II Room 5

This talk analyzes how a specific type of pronunciation in the Peruvian Quechua-speaking context has been racialized and serves to legitimize discrimination toward students from rural areas. Dr. Zavala is visiting from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where she is an Associate Professor of Linguistics.

Sponsored by The Department of Modern & Classical Languages and the Latin American Studies Program.