Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
1. Introduction: The heritage language leraner? -- 2. An emerging field of investigation; Construction of the heritage language learner as a new object of study -- 3. Ethnographic fieldwork at Jackson Japanese Language School -- 4. Betwixt and between Japanese and the heritage language learner of Japanese -- 5. Designing the heritage language learner: Modes of governmentality in the classroom -- 6. Defining the heritage language learner -- 7. Shifting frames of reference: JJLS, AP, heading college, and construction of the Japanese-as-a-heritage-language learner -- 8. Adjusting the Jackson course -- 9. Implications and departure