Enacting Adolescent Literacies across Communities

R. Joseph Rodríguez is assistant professor of literacy and English education at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Enacting Adolescent Literacies across Communities is an engaging and informative book. Rodríguez’s detailed ethnography-based literacy portraits are inspiring. Educators may feel invigorated to foster or nurture adolescent literacies and youth scribal identities. Some readers may also find the theoretical snippets helpful to comprehend Rodríguez’s work, which can in turn illustrate his theoretical framework and his research approach. Plus, researchers may appreciate the transparency of Rodríguez’s research methods. Simply put, almost any reader involved in adolescent literacies can find something of interest in the book.... Rodríguez’s book whispers lessons of hope; it encourages us to engage in socially responsible literacies for and by Latinos.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsPermissionsEpigraph: from “Imaginé un papel” / “I Pictured a Page” by Tino Villanueva Foreword by Kevin J. BurkePreface¡Escríbelo ya! Write It!Chapter 1 Making Connections Come Alive across LiteraciesChapter 2 Histories and Scribes at Milagros High SchoolChapter 3 Transcribing Identities at Guadalupe Middle SchoolChapter 4 Adolescent Scribe’s Rites at Ciprés High SchoolChapter 5 Teachers as Writing Whisperers at Cholla UniversityChapter 6 Reading Ravens and Wild Readers among UsConclusion ¡Adelante y con brío, venerable Tlacuilo!Notes from an Ethnographer and about Methodology“Ode to Teachers” / “Oda a las maestras” by Pat Mora Appendices ReferencesIndexAbout the Author