Writing for Love and Money: How Migration Drives Literacy Learning in Transnational Families

Based on research with transnational families in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and North America, Writing for Love and Money tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money.

Author: Vieira
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/30/2019
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780190877323

About the Author
Kate Vieira is Associate Professor and the Susan J. Cellmer Distinguished Chair in Literacy in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A former elementary and high school teacher, she is the author of American by Paper: How Documents Matter in Immigrant Literacy (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) and numerous essays and articles on writing. Her work has been recognized by a Spencer/National Academy of Education postdoctoral fellowship, a CCCC Chair's Research Initiative Grant, and a Fulbright Scholar fellowship.