Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity

ISBN-13: 9780521593564 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 240 str.

James Collins; Richard K. Blot; Judith Irvine

Opis

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. James Collins and Richard Blot present a critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity.

Recenzje

'Literacy and Literacies offers a coherent and critical review of the different areas of controversy in contemporary literacy studies … Literacy and Literacies offers an excellent overview of the existing literatures, theoretical discussions and case studies. The book will prove an essential addition to courses on language and literacy in both linguistics, anthropology and other related fields.' Journal of Sociolinguistics

Spis treści

List of figures; Foreword Brian V. Street; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: texts, power and identity; 2. The literacy thesis: vexed questions of rationality, development and self; 3. Situated approaches to the literacy debate; 4. Literacies and power in modern nation states: Euro-American lessons; 5. Literacies and identity formation: American cases; 6. Literacy, power and identity: colonial legacies and indigenous transformations; 7. Conclusion: literacy lessons - beginnings, ends and implications; Notes; References; Index.