Urban Literacies showcases cutting-edge perspectives on urban education and language and literacy by respected junior and senior scholars, researchers, and teac

This important book by Klaske Havik participates in the growing conversation about the relationships between natural (metaphoric) language and architecture. Und

Ginwright examines the role of community based organizations (CBOs) in the lives and development of black urban youth. The author argues that these organization

Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the author’s work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods,

Culturally Contested Literacies examines the home and school literacy experiences of children from a uniquely socio-cultural perspective, including vivid, detai