Language and Literacy in Refugee Families, Fachbücher von Chatwara Suwannamai Duran

"Truly an important read at a time when refugees are increasing globally. Duran´s impressive and intimate portrait of recently arrived Karenni refugee families details their experiences as they negotiate the complex and contradictory multilingual, multimodal and multimedia linguistic practices of their new lives. The reader is drawn into the emotions of the families as they "look back and move forward” as minoritized transnational members of their new communities.” (Theresa McGinnis, Associate Professor, Hofstra University, USA) "Transnational migration due to war, conflict, and economic despair is one of the defining human crises of our time. Based on her in-depth, longitudinal, ethnographic multiple-case study situated within one such refugee community, the Karenni (from Burma/Myanmar) in southwestern United States, Duran provides an illuminating and vivid account of in-school and out-of-school socialization into and through the multilingual language and literacy tools, practices, networks, and repertoires of this resourceful and resilient community.” (Patricia A. Duff, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada).