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The literacy autobiography is a personal narrative reflecting on how one's experiences of spoken and written words have contributed to their ongoing relationship with language and literacy. Transnational Literacy Autobiographies as Translingual Writing is a cutting-edge study of this engaging genre of writing in academic and professional contexts.
In this state-of-the-art collection, Suresh Canagarajah brings together 11 samples of writing by students that both document their literary journeys and pinpoint the seminal works affecting their development as translingual readers and writers. Integrating the narrative of the author, which is written as his own literacy autobiography, with a close analysis of these texts, this book:
presents a case for the literacy autobiography as an archetypal genre that prepares writers for the conventions and processes required in other genres of writing;
demonstrates the serious epistemological and rhetorical implications behind the genre of literacy autobiography among migrant scholars and students;
effectively translates theoretical publications on language diversity for classroom purposes, providing a transferable teaching approach to translingual writing;
analyzes the tropes of transnational writers and their craft in "meshing" translingual resources in their writing;
demonstrates how transnationalism and translingualism are interconnected, guiding readers toward an understanding of codemeshing not as a cosmetic addition to texts but motivated toward resolving inescapable personal and social dilemmas.
Written and edited by one of the most highly regarded linguists of his generation, this book is key reading for scholars and students of applied linguistics, TESOL, and literacy studies, as well as tutors of writing and composition worldwide.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Part I: ¿¿¿¿¿¿: An invitation
Part I preface
Chapter 1: Literacy Autobiographies in Transnational Space
Chapter 2: The Shaping of Literacy Autobiographies
Chapter 3: Emergence of the Translingual Subject
Chapter 4: Negotiation Strategies in Transnational Literacy
Chapter 5: Dispositions of Transnational Literacies
Chapter 6: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿
Part II: An Illustrative Set of Literacy Autobiographies
Part II preface
Chapter 7: Writing toward Beauty -
Ruth Parrish SauderChapter 8: Rediscovering Heritage Identity through Literacy -
Bendi TsoChapter 9: Writing with a Chinese Heart -
Lifeng MiaoChapter 10: Image and Learning: The Story of My Literacy -
Jialei JiangChapter 11: The Mermaid's Immortal Soul: Myth, Disillusionment, and the Birth of a Translingual Identity -
Randi AndersonChapter 12: Negotiating Contrasting Languages and Rhetorics -
Jingjing LaiChapter 13: Beyond Contrastive Rhetoric: My First and Second Language Literacy Development -
Shuo ZhaoChapter 14: Shuttling between Three Languages and Rhetorics -
Xiaoqing GeChapter 15: Reconstructing Voice: A Personal Journey -
Eunjeong LeeChapter 16:
Buenos Aires mon Amour: Memories from Learning to Become a Pluriliterate Teacher -
Natalia A. GuzmanChapter 17: Recreation and Education: Exploring my Embodied Engagement in English and Korean Literacies -
Michael ChesnutIndex
About the author
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies, and is Director of the Migration Studies Project in the Departments of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Summary
This groundbreaking book examines the genre of literacy autobiography among migrant scholars and students, coining the term "transnational literacy autobiography". This book is essential reading for scholars and students of applied linguistics, TESOL and literacy studies, as well as tutors of writing and composition worldwide.
