Writing for Love and Money: How Migration Drives Literacy Learning in Transnational Families

Based on research with transnational families in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and North America, 'Writing for Love and Money' tells the story of how families separated across borders write - and learn new ways of writing - in pursuit of love and money.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Introduction: Literacy Learning in Immigrants' Homelands -- Chapter One: What's New about Writing for Love and Money? -- Chapter Two: Writing for Love and Money on Three Continents -- Chapter Three: Learning to Log On: From Post to Internet in Brazil -- Chapter Four: Learning Languages: From Soviet Union to European Union in Latvia -- Chapter Five: Teaching Homeland Family: Love and Money in the U.S. -- Conclusion: Migration-Driven Literacy Learning in Uncertain Times -- Afterword: The Mothers.