Li, Guofang, 1972-

Culturally contested literacies : America's "rainbow underclass" and urban schools / Guofang Li. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-211) and index.

Introduction : America's "rainbow underclass" and inner city schooling -- Where the stories began : the city and its schools -- Being Vietnamese, becoming somebody -- Being Sudanese, being Black -- Being white, being the majority in the minority -- Multicultural families and multiliteracies : tensions, conformity, and resistance to urban schooling -- Culturally contested literacies and the education of America's "rainbow underclass".

9780415955645 (hb : alk. paper) 0415955645 (hb : alk. paper) 9780415955652 (pb : alk. paper) 0415955653 (pb : alk. paper)

2007019500


Multicultural education--United States--Case studies.
Education, Urban--United States--Case studies.
Literacy--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

LC 1099.3 / .L5 2008