Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community 9780824861100

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Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community
9780824861100

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John M. Duffy

Table of contents :
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

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