Culturally contested literacies : America's "rainbow underclass" and urban schools /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Li, Guofang, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2008.
Subjects:	Multicultural education > United States > Case studies. Education, Urban > United States > Case studies. Literacy > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Introduction : America's "rainbow underclass" and inner city schooling
Where the stories began : the city and its schools
Being Vietnamese, becoming somebody
Being Sudanese, being Black
Being white, being the majority in the minority
Multicultural families and multiliteracies : tensions, conformity, and resistance to urban schooling
Culturally contested literacies and the education of America's "rainbow underclass".