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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duffy, John, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Hmong (Asian people) > Laos.
Hmong (Asian people) > China.
Hmong language > Writing > History.
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Hmong Americans > Education.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.