Texts as mirrors, texts as windows: Black adolescent boys and the complexities of textual relevance

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 308-316

  Sciurba, Katie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84914132200     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jaal.358     Document Type: Article

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