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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jul
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-8204
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Literacy, Community, and Youth Acts of Place-Making
Kinloch, Valerie
English Education, v41 n4 p316-336 Jul 2009
Valerie Kinloch describes how the literacy narratives around place-making by Phillip, an African American teenager who resides in this historic community, demonstrate complexities of confronting power, struggle, and identity within an out-of-school community that is rapidly becoming gentrified. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Literacy, African Americans, Adolescents, High School Students, Urban Areas, African American Community, Community Change, Student Reaction, Relevance (Education), Inquiry, Video Technology, Interviews, Teacher Education
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Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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