Guofang Li is Assistant Professor of Second Language and Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is the author of "East is East, West is West"? Home Literacy, Culture, and Schooling and the coeditor (with Gulbahar H. Beckett) of "Strangers" of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education.

• List of Illustrations ForewordLee GundersonAcknowledgments Introduction: Literacy Learning and Teaching in a New Socioeconomic Context 1. Literacy Instruction and Cross-cultural Discourses 2. The City, the School, and the Families 3. Literacy and Culture Battles: Teacher Beliefs and Parent Perspectives 4. Beginning Forays in the Battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana 5. Living through the Battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina 6. Understanding the Battles of Literacy and Culture: Conflicts and Complexities 7. Learning from the Battles: Toward a Pedagogy of Cultural Reciprocity References Index

Guofang Li is Assistant Professor of Second Language and Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is the author of "East is East, West is West"? Home Literacy, Culture, and Schooling and the coeditor (with Gulbahar H. Beckett) of "Strangers" of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education.

• List of Illustrations ForewordLee GundersonAcknowledgments Introduction: Literacy Learning and Teaching in a New Socioeconomic Context 1. Literacy Instruction and Cross-cultural Discourses 2. The City, the School, and the Families 3. Literacy and Culture Battles: Teacher Beliefs and Parent Perspectives 4. Beginning Forays in the Battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana 5. Living through the Battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina 6. Understanding the Battles of Literacy and Culture: Conflicts and Complexities 7. Learning from the Battles: Toward a Pedagogy of Cultural Reciprocity References Index

Guofang Li is Assistant Professor of Second Language and Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is the author of "East is East, West is West"? Home Literacy, Culture, and Schooling and the coeditor (with Gulbahar H. Beckett) of "Strangers" of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education.

• List of Illustrations ForewordLee GundersonAcknowledgments Introduction: Literacy Learning and Teaching in a New Socioeconomic Context 1. Literacy Instruction and Cross-cultural Discourses 2. The City, the School, and the Families 3. Literacy and Culture Battles: Teacher Beliefs and Parent Perspectives 4. Beginning Forays in the Battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana 5. Living through the Battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina 6. Understanding the Battles of Literacy and Culture: Conflicts and Complexities 7. Learning from the Battles: Toward a Pedagogy of Cultural Reciprocity References Index