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Creating alternative discourses in the education of Latinos and Latinas : a reader / Raul E. Ybarra & Nancy López, editors.

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Van Pelt Library LC2669 .C74 2004
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ybarra, Raul E., 1956-
López, Nancy, 1969-
James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
Series:
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 253.
Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 253
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hispanic Americans--Education.
Hispanic Americans.
Discrimination in education--United States.
Discrimination in education.
United States.
Physical Description:
vi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : P. Lang, [2004]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Creating Alternative Discourses in the Education of Latinos and Latinas: Introduction / Raul E. Ybarra 1
Chapter 2 The Drift of Latino Students Through Public Higher Education: Testimonies on Slipping Through the Cracks of the Iron Cage / Ramona Hernandez, Glenn Jacobs 9
Chapter 3 Rewriting Race and Gender High School Lessons: Second-Generation Dominicans in New York City / Nancy Lopez 27
Chapter 4 Jim Crow: A Phoenix Rising in Boston
The Trend Toward Separate and Unequal in the Boston Public Schools / Steve Fernandez 45
Chapter 5 Writing as a Hostile Act: A Reason for Latino Students' Resistance to Learning / Raul E. Ybarra 89
Chapter 6 Academic Success and the Latino Family / Roberto A. Ibarra 113
Chapter 7 Literacy for Change: Latina Adult Learners and Popular Education / Lorna Rivera 133
Chapter 8 The Effects of Family Background, Immigration Status, and Social Context on Latino Children's Educational Attainment / Gabriella C. Gonzalez 157
Chapter 9 Latino Parents Put Into Words: Immigrant Parents Share Their Beliefs on Education Through an After School Parents, Children, and Computers Project / Rosita M. A. Ramirez 195
Chapter 10 Latina and Latino Education: Rearticulating Discourses, Pedagogies, and Praxis / Nancy Lopez 221.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
ISBN:
0820468010
OCLC:
56494338

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