Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record - A Textual History of Asbestos Activism in South Africa

This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry.

About the author

John Trimbur teaches rhetoric and writing studies at Emerson College, USA. His research interests include cultural studies of literacy, translingualism and the politics of language in South Africa.

Summary

This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry.

Product details

• Authors: John Trimbur, Trimbur John
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781788926805
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-680-5
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Series: Studies in Knowledge Production and Participation; Studies in Knowledge Productio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Republic of South Africa, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Pressure groups & lobbying, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing)