--- product_id: 99810211 title: "Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad (Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language)" price: "€ 96.40" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99810211-looking-like-a-language-sounding-like-a-race-raciolinguistic-ideologies store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad (Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language) **Price:** € 96.40 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad (Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language) - **How much does it cost?** € 96.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99810211-looking-like-a-language-sounding-like-a-race-raciolinguistic-ideologies) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race examines the emergence of linguistic and ethnoracial categories in the context of Latinidad. The book draws from more than twenty-four months of ethnographic and sociolinguistic fieldwork in a Chicago public school, whose student body is more than 90% Mexican and Puerto Rican, to analyze the racialization of language and its relationship to issues of power and national identity. It focuses specifically on youth socialization to U.S. Latinidad as a contemporary site of political anxiety, raciolinguistic transformation, and urban inequity. Jonathan Rosa's account studies the fashioning of Latinidad in Chicago's highly segregated Near Northwest Side; he links public discourse concerning the rising prominence of U.S. Latinidad to the institutional management and experience of raciolinguistic identities there. Anxieties surrounding Latinx identities push administrators to transform "at risk" Mexican and Puerto Rican students into "young Latino professionals." This institutional effort, which requires students to learn to be and, importantly, sound like themselves in highly studied ways, reveals administrators' attempts to navigate a precarious urban terrain in a city grappling with some of the nation's highest youth homicide, dropout, and teen pregnancy rates. Rosa explores the ingenuity of his research participants' responses to these forms of marginalization through the contestation of political, ethnoracial, and linguistic borders. Review: A new high-water mark for excellence in qualitative scholarship. - For those who are familiar with Jonathan Rosa's work, we have come to expect the highest level of ground-breaking and insightfully erudite scholarship from him. Before reading "Looking Like a Language, Sounding like a Race", I had enormously high expectations, and I am simultaneously surprised and elated to say that this new work wholly surpassed my expectations. From his insightful analysis of the complex intersections of language, race and Latinx identity, to his uncanny ability to produce convincing arguments that often border on poetic in their effectiveness, Dr. Rosa has produced a piece of scholarship that will long be remembered as one of the definitive ethnographic and linguistic works of this generation. This book is more than just a must-read. This book should be a mandatory inclusion on any syllabus for any course that discusses intersections of language, race, and education. I can not overstate the significance of this work and give it my highest possible recommendation. Review: Great Book! - An Amazing book! A must read for a more in depth view of language, culture, identity and relations in the Latin community. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,166,277 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #683 in Anthropology (Books) #1,735 in Linguistics Reference #3,666 in Cultural Anthropology (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 60 Reviews | ## Images ![Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad (Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813DofV2X-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A new high-water mark for excellence in qualitative scholarship. *by S***R on December 21, 2018* For those who are familiar with Jonathan Rosa's work, we have come to expect the highest level of ground-breaking and insightfully erudite scholarship from him. Before reading "Looking Like a Language, Sounding like a Race", I had enormously high expectations, and I am simultaneously surprised and elated to say that this new work wholly surpassed my expectations. From his insightful analysis of the complex intersections of language, race and Latinx identity, to his uncanny ability to produce convincing arguments that often border on poetic in their effectiveness, Dr. Rosa has produced a piece of scholarship that will long be remembered as one of the definitive ethnographic and linguistic works of this generation. This book is more than just a must-read. This book should be a mandatory inclusion on any syllabus for any course that discusses intersections of language, race, and education. I can not overstate the significance of this work and give it my highest possible recommendation. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book! *by J***E on May 29, 2025* An Amazing book! A must read for a more in depth view of language, culture, identity and relations in the Latin community. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Coursework *by R***N on July 29, 2019* Purchased for a class --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99810211-looking-like-a-language-sounding-like-a-race-raciolinguistic-ideologies](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/99810211-looking-like-a-language-sounding-like-a-race-raciolinguistic-ideologies) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*