Language and Culture
Crisis Narratives, Institutional Change, and the Transformation of the Japanese State
Looking at Japan, traces crisis narratives across three decades and ten policy fields, with the aim of disentangling discursively manufactured crises from actual policy failures.
Hindu Pasts
Challenges the monolithic view of Hinduism in the nineteenth century, and instead offers a vision of India that contains a rich multiplicity of Hinduisms, women’s stories, and cultural histories.
Brokering Tareas
Provides concrete examples of homework mentorship and positive academic interventions among immigrant families.
Colonialism Past and Present
Critiques lingering manifestations of colonialism in contemporary Latin American scholarship.
Comfa Religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean Community
A description and analysis of the Guyanese religion known as "Comfa. "
Language and Learning
This book explores the challenges of teaching an increasingly multilingual and multicultural American school population. Six million American children—one in eight—live in homes where a language other ...
Composition Theory for the Postmodern Classroom
Composition Theory for the Postmodern Classroom is a collection of the most outstanding articles published in the Journal of Advanced Composition over the last decade. Together these essays represent ...
Literacy Across Languages and Cultures
This book examines the linkage between literacy and linguistic diversity, embedding them in their social and cultural contexts. It illustrates that a more complete understanding of literacy among diverse ...