Writing from these roots : literacy in a Hmong-American community /

Outstanding Book Award, Conference on College Composition and Communication"We are only beginning to recognize the global forces that have long shaped literacy in the United States. What we need now is a book that demonstrates how to theorize U.S. literacy with regard to globalization's co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duffy, John, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Hmong Americans > Education.
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Hmong language > Writing > History.
Hmong (Asian people)
Hmong (Asian people) > Laos.
Américains d'origine miao > Éducation.
Miao (Langue) > Écriture > Histoire.
Miao (Peuple d'Asie)
Miao (Peuple d'Asie) > Laos.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Hmong Americans > Education
Hmong language > Writing
Literacy > Social aspects
Laos
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Lost books and broken promises: the Hmong people in China and Laos
  • Rumors, ropes, and redemptions: Hmong writing systems in China and Laos
  • Never to hold a pencil: the problem with "preliteracy"
  • Other gods and countries: Hmong literacy development in Laos
  • Writing Hmong Americans: reading and writing in the United States
  • Hmong Americans rewriting: testimony, gender, and civic life.

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