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Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity /

Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collins, James, 1952-
Otros Autores: Blot, Richard K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Colección:Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 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.