Daughters Learning from Fathers: Migrant Family Literacies that Mediate Borders

Literacy in Composition Studies Mar 2017 RSS

Daughters Learning from Fathers: Migrant Family Literacies that Mediate Borders

Simon, Kaia

Abstract

Scholarship in literacy and composition studies has demonstrated the significance of family literacy practices, especially as they relate to educational experiences and achievement. Often, the literacies of migrant and refugee families are considered in terms of conflict: conflict within families, and between families and institutions. This article seeks to illuminate spaces where migrant family literacies inspire positive relations, specifically in daughter-father interactions. In this ethnographic study of Hmong women, I show that literacy alters traditional relationships between fathers and daughters, reframes disempowering gender dynamics, and supports daughters’ access to public realms. These literate interactions have lasting effects throughout daughters’ lives as they pursue education, professions, and political advocacy opportunities.

Journal: Literacy in Composition Studies
Published: 2017-03-17
Topics: online writing instruction

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