Language and literacy in refugee families / Chatwara Suwannamai Duran.
2017
P40.5.L56 D87 2017
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Title
Language and literacy in refugee families / Chatwara Suwannamai Duran.
ISBN
9781137587565 (electronic book)
1137587563 (electronic book)
9781137587541
1137587547
1137587563 (electronic book)
9781137587541
1137587547
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 226 pages).
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P40.5.L56 D87 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
410
Summary
This book examines the agreements and discrepancies between public understanding and assumptions about refugees, and the actual beliefs and practices among the refugees themselves in a time of increasing mobility fuelled by what many call 'refugee crisis'. With a focus on language and literacy practices among recently-arrived Karenni refugee families in the United States, this book explores the multilingual repertoires and accumulated literacies acquired through the course of the refugees' multiple movements. Through the lens of transnationalism, the author emphasizes that despite their numerous struggles, the refugees daily and diligently use and strategize their old, emerging, and evolving linguistic and literacy resources to make the best of their resettlement. This book will shed light on the language and literacy practices among transnational and diasporic communities, minoritized or marginalized groups for researchers in these fields as well as practitioners and resettlement agencies working with refugee populations.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 7, 2017)
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Language and globalization.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Refugee, Language, and Literacy
'But, We Are Karenni. We Are Not Burmese.' Historical contexts and lived expereinces of Karenni Refugees from Burma
The Three Families
Life, Liberty, and (the Pursuit of) English
Kaarenni youth, multilingual practices, and transnational literacy
Digital literacy in the Karenni families
Revisiting transnationalism and key resources
Conclusion and implications.
'But, We Are Karenni. We Are Not Burmese.' Historical contexts and lived expereinces of Karenni Refugees from Burma
The Three Families
Life, Liberty, and (the Pursuit of) English
Kaarenni youth, multilingual practices, and transnational literacy
Digital literacy in the Karenni families
Revisiting transnationalism and key resources
Conclusion and implications.