Literacy And Literacies

Informationen zum Autor Reverend James Collins is Rector at St Paul's! Burwood! in Sydney commencing in February 2011 and has a PhD in Sociology. He was ordained in 1987 and worked in Tasmania from 2001 to 2011 where he was Rector of the Parish of St Mary's! Moonah! and was an Enabler in the Parishes of New Norfolk! Break O'Day! Channel/Cygnet! Hamilton and Brighton. 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: R Blot, Richard Blot, Richard K. Blot, J Collins, James Collins, Collins James
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.05.2003
• EAN: 9780521593564
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59356-4
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cult
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata