Political acts: Literacy learning and teaching

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-88

  Willis, Ariette Ingram ^a   Harris, Violet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0007470701     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.35.1.6     Document Type: Article

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