Rewriting Literacy: Culture and the Discourse of the Other - Couverture rigide

Mitchell, Candace; Weiler, Kathleen

 
9780897892254: Rewriting Literacy: Culture and the Discourse of the Other

Synopsis

Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disciplines as linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, education, English as a second language, and reading and writing theory.

The chapters in this edited collection, by some of the foremost scholars of the day, all focus on the nature of literacy. Each article brings to light important concerns regarding literacy, concerns which are often ignored by the more traditionally oriented educationalist. The authors illustrate how literacy is embedded in a social and cultural context bringing into question the very nature of what it means to be literate. Each piece highlights, either implicitly or explicitly, the highly political nature of literacy and in doing so approaches the study of literacy from a critical and pedagogical perspective. The body of work presented in this volume is relevant not only to individuals whose main focus is on the area of literacy studies, but to all those concerned about minority disenfranchisement, institutional inequity, and the political, cultural, and social dimensions of education.

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À propos de l?auteur

CANDACE MITCHELL is Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. She has published and edited numerous articles on the subject of literacy.

KATHLEEN WEILER is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Tufts University. She is the author of Women Teaching for Change (Bergin & Garvey, 1987).

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9780897892285: Rewriting Literacy: Culture and the Discourse of the Other

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0897892283 ISBN 13 :  9780897892285
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1991
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