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ERIC Number: EJ1262285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0508
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Taco Literacy: Literacy Learning and Mexican Foodways
Alvarez, Steven
English in Texas, v49 n1 p6-11 Spr-Sum 2019
In this article, the author offers the example of a collegelevel writing course exploring Mexican foodways in the United States as a way to consider the "funds of knowledge" Latinx students, and all students, can use to explore communities. He argues that in a globally connected and multilingual world, the influence of foodways across the border is deeply connected to local experiences that extend beyond national borders. Food is an emotional part of the immigrant experiences, and in learning and writing about recipes as well as searching for local variations to preparation or presentation, and we can comprehend how food literacies situate different spaces, identities, forms of knowledge, and ways of languaging. Through the prism of food, we can better understand aspects of immigration and citizenship in ways that are welcoming, significant, and human.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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