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Literacy and the politics of representation /
"Literacy is a key indicator for comparing individuals and nations in contemporary society. It is central to public debates about the nature of the public sphere, economic markets, citizenship and self-governance. Literacy and the Politics of Representation aims to uncover the constructed natur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Colección: | Literacies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- Imagining literacy
- Dominant narratives of literacy in international and national policy
- A lightning history of adult literacy in the UK since the 1970s
- Charles Taylor's notion of the modern social imaginary
- Frameworks for exploring textually mediated social worlds
- Exploring the semiotics of public representations of literacy
- Summary
- Part I. Constructing Imaginaries UsingDifferent Semiotic Resources
- 2. Literacy by Numbers
- Introduction.
- A brief history of counting literacyOrdering adult literacy: a new social project
- How numbers work in texts
- The matrix: making equivalences across measurement systems
- Summary
- 3. Visualising Literacy Through Metaphors and Visual Images
- Introduction
- What metaphor is and how it works
- Images everywhere
- Visualising literacy through the mass and popular media
- Exploring visualisations of literacy
- Summary
- 4. The Powers of Voice
- Introduction
- Testimonial cultures: the powers of voice in public life
- Autobiographical narratives in literacy classrooms.
- Re-presenting learner narratives: institutional power and voiceExploring voice
- Summary
- Part II. Domains of Imagination
- 5. Governing Literacy
- Introduction
- Constructing the narrative of Skills for Life
- Detailed examples
- Summary
- 6. Literacy in the News
- Introduction
- The news media in contemporary UK culture and politics
- Documenting newspaper narratives of literacy
- Detailed example
- Summary
- 7. Speaking from Experience
- Introduction
- The context of production: how Gatehouse worked
- The Gatehouse Books catalogue
- Detailed examples
- Summary
- 8. Conclusions
- Introduction.
- Literacy in the modern social imaginaryHow semiotic resources work together
- The politics of representation
- Alternative collective imagining
- Notes.