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In this book--a landmark text that is both engaging and accessible--Hilary Janks addresses the following questions and many more:. Is literacy a skill or a social practice?. In what ways is literacy embodied?. Do texts have designs on us and what can we do about it?. How does language construct real...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Janks, Hilary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Language, culture, and teaching.
Subjects:
Literacy > Political aspects > South Africa.
Language and education > South Africa.
Multilingualism > South Africa.
Language policy > South Africa.
Multilinguisme > Afrique du Sud.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
Language and education
Language policy
Literacy > Political aspects
Multilingualism
Läs- och skrivkunnighet > sociala aspekter.
Läs- och skrivkunnighet > studier och undervisning.
Dialogpedagogik.
South Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Turning to literacy
  • Orientations to literacy
  • Language and power
  • Reading texts critically
  • Diversity, difference and disparity
  • Access, gate-keeping and desire
  • Critical text production: writing and design
  • Redesign, social action and possibilities for transformation
  • The future of critical literacy.

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