Cultural practices of literacy
Subtitle: case studies of language, literacy, social practice, and power
By: edited by Victoria Purcell-Gates.
Contributors: Purcell-Gates, Victoria.
Publisher: Larence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Literacy -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies; Sociolinguistics -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Complicating the complex / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Language, literacy, and hegemony / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Appropriation and resistance in the (English) literacy practices of Puerto Rican farmers / Catherine Mazak; title: Language and literacy issues in Botswana / Annah Molosiwa; title: The immigrant experience: language, literacies, and identities / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Sharing stories, linking lives: literacy practices among Sudanese refugees / Kristen H. Perry; title: Multiple border crossings: literacy practices of Chinese-American bilingual families / Gaoming Zhang; title: Literacy practices in a foreign language: two Cuban immigrants / Kamila Rosolov; title: Literacies in and out of school and on the borders / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Breadth and depth, imports and exports: transactions between the in- and out-of-school literacy practices of an "at risk" youth / Stephanie Collins; title: Literacy and choice: urban elementary students' perceptions of links between home, school and community literacy practices / Jodene Kersten; title: "You have to be bad or dumb to get in here": reconsidering the in-school and out-of-school literacy practices of at-risk adolescents / J. David Gallagher; title: School and home: contexts for conflict and agency / Chad O'Neil; title: New pedagogies for new literacies / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Digital literac(ies), digital discourses, and communities of practice: literacy practices in virtual environments / Douglas Eyman; title: Comprehending complexity / Victoria Purcell-Gates; title: Appendix A : cultural practices of literacy study: semistructured literacy practices interview; title: Appendix  B: demographic information.