In this “reflection on the field,” I use critical auto‐ethnography to reflect on the process of bringing urban French vernacular to New England suburbs. I analyze teaching vernacular language as linguistic gentrification, using other people’s words for the construction and continual performance of cosmopolitan whiteness. As I reflect on moving from cosmopolitan desires to critical awareness I share how my own identity is entangled in this process.

中文翻译：

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郊区的禁忌：世界语言教育与语言绅士化

在这次的“现场反思”中，我使用批判性的人种志方法来反思将法国本土白话带到新英格兰郊区的过程。我将教学中的白话语言分析为语言高级化，使用他人的话语来建构世界性白度。当我思考从世界性欲望向批判意识转变时，我分享了我自己的身份在这个过程中的纠结。