Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity / James Collins, Richard Blot.
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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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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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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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xx, 217 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511059604 9780511059605 0511065914 9780511065910 0511068042 9780511068041 0511179561 9780511179563 0511486669 9780511486661 1139145584 9781139145589 1280417234 9781280417238 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511486661 |