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Writing from these roots literacy in a Hmong-American community

Title: Writing from these roots [electronic resource] : literacy in a Hmong-American community / John Duffy.
Author: Duffy, John, 1955-
Publication: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2007.

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Description

1 online resource (xiv, 241 p.)

Uniform Title

Writing from these roots (Online)

Alternative Title

Writing from these roots (Online)

Subject

Hmong Americans > Education
Literacy > Social aspects > United States
Hmong language > Writing > History
Hmong (Asian people) > China
Hmong (Asian people) > Laos

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

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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