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Literacy as moral obligation among African Americans in the rural Southeast /

This book uses life history narratives of African Americans to address how individuals experience literacy in response to their self, others, and their temporal context within one community in the rural southeastern United States. Lachuk argues how literacy is understood as a moral obligation, a mea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lachuk, Amy Johnson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the rural south to the front street: a narrative backdrop for literacy and education within Pinesville
  • The moral responsibility of literate practice
  • Literacy practices as material and embodied
  • Literacy practice as narrative experience
  • Sacred stories on literacy and education
  • A communion of advocacy
  • Toward a more person-centered literacy scholarship
  • Appendix A: life history in practice
  • Appendix B: life history interview protocol
  • References.