Write a 1000 word critical book review on the book Trans-cultural Teens: Performing Youth Identities in French Cites by Chantal Tetreault. Use the citation style of AAA.
Your book review should be a critical evaluation of the content of the text:
Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You are not criticizing the work or the author, but evaluating how this work illuminates the relationship between language and culture as well as the ideas presented and how they fit in with concepts in linguistic anthropology that you have learned in class. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement should resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement/argument, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Some questions that you should consider:
-How does this case study illustrate some of the concepts about language that you have learned about in class? Discuss specific themes that Tetreault identifies within a theoretical context.
-How are power relationships in the cités related to patterns of language use?
-How does way that language is used in the cités fit into the context of a larger social/cultural/economic milieu?
-How does language use in the cités express and negotiate identity?
-How does culture/language change and globalization fit into this study?
-How does a linguistic anthropological perspective enhance our understanding of this community?
-How effective or persuasive is the author’s argument?
-How did it enhance your understanding of the issues at hand?
