CSWS Graduate Student Research Grant

Lara Boyero Agudo

“Soy mujer, latina e inmigrante”: An Intersectional Study of Linguistic Capital among Latina Women Immigrants in Oregon

by Lara Boyero Agudo , PhD Candidate,  Department of Romance Languages 

“If you are white and speak Spanish, people say: ‘Wow, that’s awesome, you speak two languages’; but if you are Hispanic, speaking Spanish, it’s more like: ‘Oh, another wetback’... and people don’t recognize you as bilingual.” —Luz, Mexican woman resident in Springfield, OR  

Author
Lara Boyero Agudo
Publication Year
2021
Publication type
Annual Review