Publications

Publication details [#48950]

Martin-Jones, Marilyn and Estevo Cabral. 2008. Writing the Resistance: Literacy in East Timor 1975-1999. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11 (2) : 149–169.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | literacy | mediation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article explains how literacy (in different languages) mediated the East Timorese struggle against the Indonesian invasion and subsequent occupation (from 1975 to 1999) on the armed, clandestine and diplomatic fronts.