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1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) |
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Studies in writing & rhetoric |
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Studies in writing & rhetoric
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| Contents |
Cover; Other Books in the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Hawaiian Words and Usage; Introduction; 1. Re/Visions: Narrating Literacy and Citizenship; 2. Reading Literacy Narratives: Connecting Literacy, Race, and Citizenship Through the Stories of Others; 3. Reading Hawai'i's Asian American Literacy Narratives: Re/Visions of Resistance, Schooling, and Citizenship; 4. Teaching Literacy Narratives: Reading, Writing, and Re/Visio; 5. Personal/Public/Professional: Re/Visions of Research, Teaching, and Citizenship |
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Coda: American Re/VisionsNotes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Series Statement |
| Summary |
Through a blend of personal narrative, cultural and literary analysis, and discussions about teaching, Minor Re/Visions: Asian American Literacy Narratives as a Rhetoric of Citizenship shows how people of color use reading and writing to develop and articulate notions of citizenship. Morris Young begins with a narration of his own literacy experiences to illustrate the complicated relationship among literacy, race, and citizenship and to reveal the tensions that exist between competing beliefs and uses of literacy among those who are part of dominant American culture and those who are positio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States
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American prose literature -- Asian American authors -- History and criticism
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Asian Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism
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Asian Americans -- Education -- Language arts
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Asian Americans -- Intellectual life
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Asian Americans in literature.
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Biography as a literary form.
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Citizenship -- United States
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Literacy -- United States
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Biography.
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Biographies as Topic
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biographies (literary works)
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biography (general genre)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Asian Americans -- Biography
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Asian Americans in literature
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Asian Americans -- Intellectual life
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Biography as a literary form
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Citizenship
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
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Literacy
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809388677 |
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0809388677 |
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