Genres, contexts, and literacy practices: Literacy brokering among sudanese refugee families

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-276

  Perry, Kristen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 68149101534     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.44.3.2     Document Type: Article

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