Steven Alvarez is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments IntroductionMuchas Manos Hacen Ligero Trabajo 1. Mexican New York City: Making Community at MANOS 2. Translanguaging Events: Homework Literacies at MANOS 3. Translanguaging in Practice: Homework, Linguistic Power, and Family Life 4. Brokering the Immigrant Bargain: Negotiating Language, Power, and Identity in Mexican Immigrant Families 5. Brokering Communities: Community Superación and Local Literacy Investment 6. Tareas, Community, and Brokering Care: Mentoring Local Languages and Literacies Appendix AA Note on Ethnographic Methodology Appendix BMANOS Member Contract NotesReferencesIndex

Steven Alvarez is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments IntroductionMuchas Manos Hacen Ligero Trabajo 1. Mexican New York City: Making Community at MANOS 2. Translanguaging Events: Homework Literacies at MANOS 3. Translanguaging in Practice: Homework, Linguistic Power, and Family Life 4. Brokering the Immigrant Bargain: Negotiating Language, Power, and Identity in Mexican Immigrant Families 5. Brokering Communities: Community Superación and Local Literacy Investment 6. Tareas, Community, and Brokering Care: Mentoring Local Languages and Literacies Appendix AA Note on Ethnographic Methodology Appendix BMANOS Member Contract NotesReferencesIndex

Steven Alvarez is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments IntroductionMuchas Manos Hacen Ligero Trabajo 1. Mexican New York City: Making Community at MANOS 2. Translanguaging Events: Homework Literacies at MANOS 3. Translanguaging in Practice: Homework, Linguistic Power, and Family Life 4. Brokering the Immigrant Bargain: Negotiating Language, Power, and Identity in Mexican Immigrant Families 5. Brokering Communities: Community Superación and Local Literacy Investment 6. Tareas, Community, and Brokering Care: Mentoring Local Languages and Literacies Appendix AA Note on Ethnographic Methodology Appendix BMANOS Member Contract NotesReferencesIndex