"Bob Dylan and Hip Hop": Intersecting literacy practices in youth poetry communities

Written Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-259

  Jocson, Korina M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybridity; Literacy practices; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745031553     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088306288154     Document Type: Article

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