ABSTRACT
June’s literate life, demonstrated in the last chapter, may be defined in relation to “schooled literacy,” her own and her children’s, and to her identity as a “mother.” June’s belief in the power of literacy over her and her children is seen in her assertion to Vicky, “How you gonna get somewhere without readin’?” Further evidence of this commitment to her children and to school is seen in her evoking my role as a literacy teacher for her daughter.
