{"product_id":"american-by-paper-how-documents-matter-in-immigrant-literacy-9780816697519","title":"American by Paper  How Documents Matter in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I leave Vieira’s book feeling deeply that ours is a crazy system: Why keep piling documents on top of documents, making of them a wall to the world? Why should migrants—people—have to choose between the time-consuming work of pursuing English or caring for their families? Why make migrant lives any harder than they already are? \u003ci\u003eAmerican by Paper\u003c\/i\u003e urges us to rethink all that we ask of those who seek a better life.\"—Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Relentless in its critique of literacy as a social practice and in its effort to develop a counter-narrative, \u003ci\u003eAmerican by Paper\u003c\/i\u003e forces open a conversation that has been lingering but has not received the kind of attention it deserves.\"—Juan Guerra, University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting account of those pursuing the American Dream.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vieira aims to contribute to the social history of literacy with \u003ci\u003eAmerican By Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, informing pedagogy and practice through a comprehensive consideration of literacy, documents, and bureaucracy in ordinary life.\" —\u003ci\u003ePoLAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: An American with Papers\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. How Documents Matter in Migrants’ Lives\u003cbr\u003e1. Literacy and Assimilation in an Age of Papers: The View from South Mills\u003cbr\u003e2. “American by Paper”: Azorean and Azorean American Literacy Lives\u003cbr\u003e3. Undocumented in a Documentary Society: Brazilian Literacy Lives\u003cbr\u003e4. “It’s Not Because of the English”: Literacy Lives of the Young\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. Lessons Learned from Transnational Lives: Toward a Sociomaterialist Literacy\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405978280279,"sku":"9780816697519","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816697519.jpg?v=1730494119","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-by-paper-how-documents-matter-in-immigrant-literacy-9780816697519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}