Writing from these roots

Duffy, John, 1955-

Writing from these roots literacy in a Hmong-American community / [electronic resource] : John Duffy. - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2007. - xiv, 241 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Hmong Americans--Education.
Literacy--Social aspects--United States.
Hmong language--Writing--History.
Hmong (Asian people)--China.
Hmong (Asian people)--Laos.


Electronic books.

LC3501.H56 / D83 2007eb

371.829/95942