High Literacy and Ethnic Identity - Dominican American Schooling in Transition

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Dulce María Gray

Product details

• Authors: Dulce Gray, Dulce María Gray
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2001
• EAN: 9780742500051
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0005-1
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Dominican Republic, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General