The Eagle and the Serpent - A Bi-literacy Autobiography

This work describes the author's experiences in both Spanish and English literacy development. It illustrates the bilingual/bicultural experience of acculturation and assimilation, a process of change, both culturally and linguistically. The Eagle and the Serpent does so in three levels: autobiographical narratives in bi-literacy acquisition, expository reflections from the viewpoint of a bilingual/bicultural Mexican-American adult, and finally an analysis of the process evident in the author's experience. Interspersed in the autobiographical elements, Palacios reflects on his spiritual journey of religious conversion, from Mexican Catholicism to American Evangelicalism. After discussing immigration, acculturation, and literacy, the story ends with an appended poem that reflects many immigrant children's lives of metamorphosis.

List of contents

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Imperfect Seven Chapter 4 Scholars' View Chapter 5 Childhood in Mexico Chapter 6 Just What is Literacy? Chapter 7 Immigration to the U.S. Chapter 8 Acculturation in America Chapter 9 Metamorphosis Chapter 10 Current Literacies Chapter 11 The View From Here Part 12 Appendix: Immigrant Children at Ellis' Door Part 13 Works Consulted and Cited

About the author

By Ignacio Palacios

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Palacios, Ignacio G. Palacios, Palacios Ignacio
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2007
• EAN: 9780761838319
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3831-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing)