High Literacy and Ethnic Identity describes the experiences of fifteen men and women who arrived with the first and second wave of immigrants from the Dominican Republic to the United States and who, despite the odds, succeeded in completing the highest level of formal education--a doctorate--and are now educators in U.S. colleges and universities.
High Literacy and Ethnic Identity describes the experiences of fifteen men and women who arrived with the first and second wave of immigrants from the Dominican Republic to the United States and who, despite the odds, succeeded in completing the highest level of formal education--a doctorate--and are now educators in U.S. colleges and universities.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dulce M. Gray has been teaching cultural studies, writing and Latina/o literature for fifteen years at universities in the Mid West, East Coast and Mid Atlantic regions. She is now working on a collection of essays on the relationship between travel and the making of a diasporic self-identity.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Talking Theories Chapter 3 Internal Geography: Acquiring High Literacy Chapter 4 Parents Chapter 5 Professors Chapter 6 Domican Cultural Markers Chapter 7 Ruminating. . .A Measure of Closure Chapter 8 Works Cited