But where are the youth? On the value of integrating youth culture into literacy theory

Educational Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-120

  Moje, Elizabeth Birr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 20444487237     PISSN: 00132004     EISSN: 17415446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2002.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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