Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side

Amelia Tseng is assistant professor of linguistics and Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Spanish at American University, where she is also and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies. She coedited Bilingualism for All? Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States, with Nelson Flores and Nicholas Subtirelu (2020).

The result is a study that balances rigorous sociolinguistic analysis with authentic community voices, making it both methodologically robust and broadly accessible....Tseng's raciomultilingual framework, combined with her sustained ethnographic commitment, provides fresh insights into how identities are negotiated in complex urban settings.

• Acknowledgments Transcription Conventions Introduction 1. Languaging Identity in the Nation's Capital: Raciomultilingual Dynamics in Washington, DC 2. "Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side": DC Latinidad 3. "En la viña de Dios hay de todo": Spanish and Identity 4. "Blacks and Latinos sort of roll in the same circles": Sociolinguistic Socialization 5. "¿Qué pasó vos?" Voicing the Raciomultilingual Self and Other 6. "We're Washingtonians": Constructing Local Identity and Authenticity Conclusion: "We're so rich with different types of culture" Bibliography About the Author Index