A Communion of Friendship : Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery /

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Drawing on interviews and an array of scholarly work, Beth Daniell maps out the relations of literacy and spirituality in A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery. Daniell tells the story of a group of women in "Mountain City" who use reading and writi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Daniell, Beth, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Education.
Twelve-step programs.
Spiritual life.
Narrative therapy.
Literacy.
Female friendship.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
Adult education.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Vie spirituelle.
Therapie narrative.
Éducation des adultes > États-Unis.
Amitie feminine > États-Unis.
Femmes > Éducation > États-Unis.
Programmes à douze etapes > États-Unis.
Literacy > United States.
Adult education > United States.
Female friendship > United States.
Women > Education > United States.
Twelve-step programs > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on interviews and an array of scholarly work, Beth Daniell maps out the relations of literacy and spirituality in A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery. Daniell tells the story of a group of women in "Mountain City" who use reading and writing in their search for spiritual growth. Diverse in socioeconomic status, the Mountain City women are, or have been, married to alcoholics. In Al-Anon, they use literacy to practice the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in order to find spiritual solutions to their problems. In addition, Daniell demonstr
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780809388882

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