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2018
Volume 96, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Abstract

Drawing on perspectives from Chicana feminist theories, this column discusses testimonio as a way to integrate children’s “literacies from within” into the language arts curriculum.

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