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Chapter 18 Building a Literocracy: Diaspora Literacy and Heritage Knowledge in Participatory Literacy Communities

2006; Wiley; Volume: 105; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1744-7984.2006.00090.x

1744-7984

Maisha T. Fisher,

Diaspora, migration, transnational identity

Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of EducationVolume 105, Issue 2 p. 361-381 Chapter 18 Building a Literocracy: Diaspora Literacy and Heritage Knowledge in Participatory Literacy Communities Maisha T. Fisher, Maisha T. Fisher Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.Search for more papers by this author Maisha T. Fisher, Maisha T. Fisher Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.Search for more papers by this author First published: 10 October 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7984.2006.00090.xCitations: 3 The author would like to thank Dale Allender, Cathie Wright-Lewis, and Ayanna McNeil for their continued support of this work. 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