Writing from These Roots : : Literacy in a Hmong-American Community / / John M. Duffy.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgment
- Notes on Language, Orthography, and Transcription
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Lost Books and Broken Promises: The Hmong People in China and Laos
- Chapter 2. Rumors, Ropes, and Redemptions: Hmong Writing Systems in China and Laos
- Chapter 3. Never to Hold a Pencil: The Problem with "Preliteracy"
- Chapter 4. Other Gods and Countries: Hmong Literacy Development in Laos
- Chapter 5. Writing Hmong Americans: Reading and Writing in the United States
- Chapter 6. Hmong Americans Rewriting: Testimony, Gender, and Civic Life
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author