Bernardo M. Ferdman is Associate Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Rose-Marie Weber is Associate Professor of Reading with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at State University of New York at Albany. Arnulfo G. Ramírez is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.

"This is an important, readable, and provocative view of a field that has become politically charged. It helps redirect our attention from the rhetorical flourishes to the real cultural and pedagogical issues of the topic of literacy across cultures and languages." — Alan C. Purves, Director, Center for Writing and Literacy, State University of New York at Albany

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Literacy Across Languages and CulturesBernardo M. Ferdman and Rose-Marie Weber Part 2: Theoretical and Research Perspectives 2. Practice-Engagement Theory: A Sociocultural Approach to Literacy Across Languages and CulturesStephen Reder 3. Literacy Acquisition Among Second-Language LearnersArnulfo G. Ramirez 4. Continua of BiliteracyNancy H. Hornberg Part 3: Social and Cultural Perspectives 5. Sociocultural Change Through Literacy: Toward the Empowerment of FamiliesConcha Delgado-Gaitan 6. "Not Joined In:" The Social Context of English Literacy Development for Hispanic YouthVirginia Vogel Zanger 7. Literacy in the Loophole of Retreat: Harriet Jacob's Nineteenth-Century NarrativeBarbara McCaskill 8. Literacy and Social PowerJoanne Devine 9. Value and Subjectivity in Literacy PracticeMark Zuss 10. Language and Literacy in Quebec: Exploring the IssuesAlison d'Anglejan Part 4: Reflections 11. From Coercive to Collaborative Relations of Power in the Teaching of LiteracyJim Cummins Notes on Contributors Index

Bernardo M. Ferdman is Associate Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Rose-Marie Weber is Associate Professor of Reading with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at State University of New York at Albany. Arnulfo G. Ramírez is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.

"This is an important, readable, and provocative view of a field that has become politically charged. It helps redirect our attention from the rhetorical flourishes to the real cultural and pedagogical issues of the topic of literacy across cultures and languages." — Alan C. Purves, Director, Center for Writing and Literacy, State University of New York at Albany

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Literacy Across Languages and CulturesBernardo M. Ferdman and Rose-Marie Weber Part 2: Theoretical and Research Perspectives 2. Practice-Engagement Theory: A Sociocultural Approach to Literacy Across Languages and CulturesStephen Reder 3. Literacy Acquisition Among Second-Language LearnersArnulfo G. Ramirez 4. Continua of BiliteracyNancy H. Hornberg Part 3: Social and Cultural Perspectives 5. Sociocultural Change Through Literacy: Toward the Empowerment of FamiliesConcha Delgado-Gaitan 6. "Not Joined In:" The Social Context of English Literacy Development for Hispanic YouthVirginia Vogel Zanger 7. Literacy in the Loophole of Retreat: Harriet Jacob's Nineteenth-Century NarrativeBarbara McCaskill 8. Literacy and Social PowerJoanne Devine 9. Value and Subjectivity in Literacy PracticeMark Zuss 10. Language and Literacy in Quebec: Exploring the IssuesAlison d'Anglejan Part 4: Reflections 11. From Coercive to Collaborative Relations of Power in the Teaching of LiteracyJim Cummins Notes on Contributors Index

Bernardo M. Ferdman is Associate Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Rose-Marie Weber is Associate Professor of Reading with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at State University of New York at Albany. Arnulfo G. Ramírez is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.

"This is an important, readable, and provocative view of a field that has become politically charged. It helps redirect our attention from the rhetorical flourishes to the real cultural and pedagogical issues of the topic of literacy across cultures and languages." — Alan C. Purves, Director, Center for Writing and Literacy, State University of New York at Albany

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Literacy Across Languages and CulturesBernardo M. Ferdman and Rose-Marie Weber Part 2: Theoretical and Research Perspectives 2. Practice-Engagement Theory: A Sociocultural Approach to Literacy Across Languages and CulturesStephen Reder 3. Literacy Acquisition Among Second-Language LearnersArnulfo G. Ramirez 4. Continua of BiliteracyNancy H. Hornberg Part 3: Social and Cultural Perspectives 5. Sociocultural Change Through Literacy: Toward the Empowerment of FamiliesConcha Delgado-Gaitan 6. "Not Joined In:" The Social Context of English Literacy Development for Hispanic YouthVirginia Vogel Zanger 7. Literacy in the Loophole of Retreat: Harriet Jacob's Nineteenth-Century NarrativeBarbara McCaskill 8. Literacy and Social PowerJoanne Devine 9. Value and Subjectivity in Literacy PracticeMark Zuss 10. Language and Literacy in Quebec: Exploring the IssuesAlison d'Anglejan Part 4: Reflections 11. From Coercive to Collaborative Relations of Power in the Teaching of LiteracyJim Cummins Notes on Contributors Index