Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity /
Developing a new synthesis of literacy studies, this book explores the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. The authors present a critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacie...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ;
no. 22. |
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| Summary: | Developing a new synthesis of literacy studies, this book explores the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. The authors present a critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender and ethnic identity. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521593565 0521596610 (pbk.) 9780511065910 (electronic bk.) |