Volume 30
Issue 2
June 1998
Themed Issue:
Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice

Introduction: Appropriating and Creating Space for Difference in Literacy Research
Georgia Earnest García, Arlette Ingram Willis, & Violet J. Harris
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Nourishing Conversations: Urban Adolescents, Literacy, and Democratic Society
Colleen M. Fairbanks
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Experiencing Literacy In and Out of School: Case Studies of Two American Indian Youths
Elizabeth Noll
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Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Examining Voice in a Reading/Writing Program With Adolescent African-Caribbean Girls
Annette Henry
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Background Knowledge, Linguistic Complexity, and Second-Language Reading Comprehension
Mienke Droop & Ludo Verhoeven
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Diverse Learners, Diverse Texts: Exploring Identity and Difference Through Literary Encounters
Steven Z. Athanases
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Social Constructivism and the School Literacy Learning of Students of Diverse Backgrounds
Kathryn H. Au
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