Literacy and Literacies - Texts, Power, and Identity

Informationen zum Autor James Collins is Professor of Anthropology and of Reading at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of Understanding Tolowa Histories: Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses (1998), as well as of book and journal articles. Klappentext Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. Zusammenfassung Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies! moving beyond received categories! and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism! modern state formation! educational systems and official versus popular literacies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Blot, Richard (Lehman College Blot, Richard K. Blot, James Collins, James (State University of New York Collins, James Blot Collins, Collins James
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.05.2003
• EAN: 9780521596619
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59661-9
• Pagine: 238
• Serie: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature