Isbn: 9780824836153 - writing from these roots: literacy in a hmong-american community (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Writing from These Roots documents the historical development of literacy in a Midwestern American community of Laotian Hmong, a people who came to the United States as refugees from the Vietnam War and whose language had no widely accepted written form until one created by missionary-linguists was adopted in the late twentieth century by Hmong in Laos and, later, the U.S. and other Western nations. As such, the Hmong have often been described as "preliterates," "nonliterates," or members of an "oral culture." Although such terms are problematic, it is nevertheless true that the majority of Hmong did not read or write in any language when they arrived in the U.S. For this reason, the Hmong provide a unique opportunity to study the forces that influence the development of reading and writing abilities in cultures in which writing is not widespread and to do so within the context of the political, economic, religious, military, and migratory upheavals classified broadly as "globalization.".…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 241 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. This is a detailed account of the Hmong experience in Laos and the US. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455. . 2011. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: very good. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2011. Paperback. As new, clean and unread copy. 256 pp. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780824836153. Keywords : .